The Tsukiji Social Club
~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association, Inc. ~
 
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       For those of you who are not familiar with the name, the association veterans from the Occupied Japan era of 1945-1955, formed the club because many of the members are getting up in years and they wanted to meet at least once a year with the time they have remaining.

     Many of them also served in 1950 when C Company was redesignated in Japan as the X Corps MP Company and sent to Korea when the war started. The name Tsukiji was chosen for the large commercial fish market that was located next to Camp Burness in Tokyo.

       Their annual reunions are held in Oklahoma City where the veterans and their families and friends, gather to socialize and reminisce about their days in Tokyo and Korea. Most of the club members are also active association members.

       "Mac" McArdle, (Charlie Company 1949-1950), organized the group and is the editor of their newsletters. If you are a veteran from the 1945-1955 era and interested in the clubs activities and their next reunion, send Mac an Email at  Dm1518@aol.com  or call 405-376-1446.
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        As young soldiers we were always instructed when overseas to act accordingly because we were looked upon by the indigenous peoples as the first line diplomatic representatives of our country. These gentlemen are the Reunion Association’s Senior Diplomat Corps, Soldiers Of The Gauntlet and veterans of Occupied Japan 1945-1955.
September 2007 Reunion Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1- John Taylor Baker Co. 1949-1954, 2- Donald Scholten Charlie Co. 1946-1947, 3- Ralph Standridge Charlie Co. 1950, 4- William Patranech Charlie Co. 1948-1950, 5- Pat Ogle Able Co. 1951-1952, 6- Charles Godfrey Baker Co. 1949-1950, 7- James Buchner Charlie Co. 1948-1950, 8- Jack Schmidtke Dog Co. 1948-1951, 9- John Bennett Charlie Co. 1946-1950, 10- Darell McArdle Charlie Co. 1949-1950, 11- Robert Harley Charlie Co. 1950, 12- Dwayne Koehntopp Baker Co. 1946-1947, 13- James Eberhard Baker Co. 1949-1950, 14- Richard Sullivan Charlie Co. 1948-1950, 15- Howard Chronister Charlie Co. 1949-1950.
September 2008 Reunion Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Front Row-Left to right: Jack Schmidtke Dog Co. 1948-1951, William Patranech Charlie Co. 1948-1950, Mac McArdle Charlie Co. 1949-1950, Robert Harley Charlie Co. 1950,  Back Row: Richard Sullivan Charlie Co. 1948-1950, Pat Ogle Able Co. 1951-1952, Ralph Standridge Charlie Co. 1950, C.J. Lindsey Charlie Co. & HHD 1950-1953.
September 2009 Reunion Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Seated L to R: Tony Lemos MFTE, Dog Co. 1947-51, Sully Sullivan Charlie Co. 1948-50, Bill Petranech Charlie Co. 1948-50, Mac McArdle Charlie Co. 1949-50, Howard Chronister Charlie Co. 1948-50, Jim Eberhard Baker Co. 1949-50.

Standing: Pat Ogle Able Co. 1951-52, Ray Ogle Able Co. 1949-1952, Bob Harley Charlie Co. 1950, John Taylor Baker Co. 1949-52, Dwayne Koehntopp, Baker Co. 1946-47, Charlie Godfre Baker Co. 1949-50, Jim Lindsey Charlie Co. 1950-53.
September 2010 Reunion Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Seated L to R: Kate Edwards, Rose Harley, Betty Standridge, Shirley Morrison, Jean Arnsen, Kathryn Sanders, Jim Eberhard Baker Co. 1949-50, seated front- Lola Nelson.

Standing: Sully Sullivan Charlie Co. 1948-50, John Bennett Charlie & HHD 1946-50, Bob Harley Charlie Co. 1950, Ralph Standridge Charlie Co. 1950, Charlie Godfrey Baker Co. 1949-50, Wes Morrison Charlie Co. 1951-53, Cliff Nelson Charlie Co. 1951-52, Mac McArdle Charlie Co. 1949-50, Sig Armensen Able Co. 1946-47, Pat Ogle Able Co. 1951-52.
September 2012 Reunion Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Seated L to R: M. Olexa, Z. Koehntopp, B. Smith, J. McCarrol, B. Standridge, S. Morrison.

Standing: Dwayne Koehntopp Baker Co. 1946-47, Darrell D. "Mac" McArdle Charlie Co. 1949-50, George P. Olexa Baker Co. 1949-50, Patrick J. Ogle Able Co. 1951-52, Richard "Sully" Sullivan Charlie Co. 1948-50, Ralph Standridge Charlie Co. 1950, Wesley R. "Wes" Morrison Charlie Co. 1951-53.
September 2013 Reunion Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Seated L to R: Charlie Godfrey, Baker Co. 1949-1950; Dwayne Koehntopp Baker Co. 1946-1947.

Standing: Darrell D. "Mac" McArdle Charlie Co. 1949-50; Ralph Standridge Charlie Co. 1950; Bob Harley, Charlie Co. 1950; Richard "Sully" Sullivan Charlie Co. 1948-50; Bill Petranech, Charlie Co. 1948-1950.

Henry Lupi, Baker Co. 1948-1951

Pat J. Ogle Able Co. 1951-1952

Seated L to R: Amy Brown, Rose Harley, Zina Koehntopp, Betty Standridge.
September 2014 Reunion Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Seated L to R: Tony DeFrancesco, Able Company 1946-1947, Bob Harley, Charlie Company 1950, Standing: Sully Sullivan, Charlie Company 1948-1950, Mac McArdle, Charlie Company, 1949-1950, Dwayne Koehntopp, Baker Company, 1946-1947.
September 2015 Reunion Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Seated L to R: Zina Koehntopp; Rose Harley; Emily Selovich; Charles L. Godfrey, Baker Company & X Corps MP Company (P) Korea, 1949-1950. Standing Left to Right: Dwayne D. Koehntopp, Baker Company, 1946-1947; Tony DeFrancisco, Able Company, 1946-1947; Robert Harley, 1950 Charlie Company & X Corps MP Company (P) Korea; Richard "Sully" Sullivan, Charlie Company 1948-1950 & X Corps MP Company (P) Korea; Howard E. Chronister, 1949-1950 C Company & X Corps MP Company (P) Korea; Darrell "Mac: McArdle, Charlie Company 1949-1950 & X Corps MP Company (P) Korea; Present but not in the photograph- John A. Bennett, HQ Company & Charlie Company 1946-1950 & X Corps MP Company (P) Korea. 

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The Last Reunion

September 2016

The Last Reunion, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Seated L to R: ; Rose Harley; Betty Standridge; Zina Koehntopp Charles L. Godfrey, Baker Company & X Corps MP Company (P) Korea, 1949-1950.

     Standing Left to Right: Robert Harley, 1950 Charlie Company & X Corps MP Company (P) Korea; Richard "Sully" Sullivan, Charlie Company 1948-1950 & X Corps MP Company (P) Korea; Dwayne D. Koehntopp, Baker Company, 1946-1947; Darrell "Mac: McArdle, Charlie Company 1949-1950 & X Corps MP Company (P) Korea; Charlotte, daughter of Charlie Godfrey. 

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