"(1963) - Grandmaster Tatsuo Shimabuku's Hamada Dojo, outside Camp Hansen.  This was the view from the main road..

"Did You Know" - The Marines had a hard time location the dojo, so Master John Bartusevics and his Okinawan friend / interpreter from Special Services Mr. Nakasone, painted the KARATE DOJO on the roof.  They had to work in the hot sun and the job took them five days to finish. 

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