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The wartime aircraft factory that became a US military apartment complex in Tokyo
Children blow off steam at Green Park Housing Allex's rooftop playground in May 1962.
Green Park, in western Tokyo, housed more than 2,000 people at a time between 1954 and 1973. (Stars and Stripes)
MUSASHINO, Japan — Memories of an American military housing area that once stood where Imperial Japan built aircraft during World War II are on display at a history museum in western Tokyo.
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Green Park Housing Annex, open between 1954 and 1973, could house more than 2,000 U.S. service members and their families at a time, according to Hiroyuki Takano, an archivist at Musashino Furusato Rekishikan. The museum is displaying old copies of Stars and Stripes, photos, documents and objects related to the factory and the housing area.
The exhibit includes images of daily life at Green Park in Musashino, about 15 miles from central Tokyo.
Stars and Stripes in May 1962 described Green Par