Reply #63: Exactly

[Art_from_Ark]

"Sasebo and Yokosuka ports were and are still America's major, most important footholds in the far east." Ready-made for military occupation.

On a slightly different note, I am interested in a couple of military bases north of Tokyo-- one was near Hitachi, and the other is in Miho. I know for a fact that the Miho base was bombed (I heard from a local resident about that), but I'm wondering about the Hitachi base. I'm pretty sure it was bombed, too, but thought you might know something of this. At any rate, the Hitachi base was used by the US as a bombing range until a few years ago, then it was turned into an amusement park. I think the Miho base is now used by the Self-Defense Forces.