tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252080048017373240.post7443492029029021387..comments2024-03-23T19:41:22.620-10:00Comments on Taipei Air Station: 1969 - The Taipei R&R CenterTaipei Air Stationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13686488354629456728noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252080048017373240.post-66763660109216084902010-06-15T22:41:45.981-10:002010-06-15T22:41:45.981-10:00I agree with Sarj as to the location of the club. ...I agree with Sarj as to the location of the club. It's a bit to the north of where I previously posted. Google Earth put the coordinates approximately here:<br /><br />25° 3'56.38"N<br />121°31'17.49"E<br /><br />John Quinntitojohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11439961002930293736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252080048017373240.post-64090692317827163012010-06-06T14:56:22.470-10:002010-06-06T14:56:22.470-10:00I went on google and looked and looked but to no a...I went on google and looked and looked but to no avail. Here is how I remember where it was and I went there often. Going south on Chungshun about a block or so before you got to the cross street that the Florida Bakery was on you turned right into an alley and behind the first building was a parking lot and the Navy Club was on the right side of the parking lot. I know there was a couple of ways to enter but I usually entered into the bar. beside the bar room downstairs was the slot machines and change office where you got coins to play and could buy chits. Tickets to spend for meals and drinks in case you went bust before pay day. upstairs was a dining room and a small dance floor. the whole place wasn't very big at all. It was for drinking and eating and gambling only. <br />The building in the photo looks something like the place but ? maybe from a different angle? I have on photo on USTDC of me and my wife inside playing the slots.Sarj Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762587428386999966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252080048017373240.post-37247381358432272952010-06-06T05:25:57.810-10:002010-06-06T05:25:57.810-10:00I think John is right..there was a PX on the first...I think John is right..there was a PX on the first floor which sold necessity type stuff. <br />I do know on R&R we were taken from the Sung Shan airport by bus and received a military briefing on what to do and to stay out of trouble.<br />My friends and I stayed at the Kings Hotel which was only a short walk away.BILL-USACChttp://Yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252080048017373240.post-89765831555708192062010-06-06T00:02:01.633-10:002010-06-06T00:02:01.633-10:00My best estimate as to where the FRA Club was loca...My best estimate as to where the FRA Club was located. <br /><br />Lat: 25° 3'52.65"N <br />Long: 121°31'17.37"E<br /><br />It would have been located at the northern end of where that big warehouse looking building is presently located. That empty space to the west of the building looks like what might have been the club parking lot.<br />From what I can recall, the demise of the FRA Club was around 1967/68 timeframe. It was necessitated because the club lost its tax-free status due to a change in the Status of Forces Agreement. Without the tax-free status the club was not eligible to purchase tax-free booze, and food from the Navy Commissary. With the added expense of running the FRA Club, they could not afford to pay the building lease. After that, the club was taken over by the Navy and renamed Sea Dragon. Shortly thereafter it was turned into an R&R Center. The lower portion was a mini-mart/PX, while the upper floor of the building was a restaurant.<br />Now, I can’t swear that I am entirely correct in my recollection, but after 40 years, whose is?<br />I too, went to the club while on R&R in 1971.<br />Johntitojohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11439961002930293736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252080048017373240.post-19793844422314151352010-06-03T14:51:46.981-10:002010-06-03T14:51:46.981-10:00I went to the club when on R&R in 1971. I ret...I went to the club when on R&R in 1971. I returned to Taipei in May 73 for a 2 year assignment and it was closed by then.BILL-USACChttp://Yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252080048017373240.post-23320113654100793312010-06-01T15:54:45.361-10:002010-06-01T15:54:45.361-10:00I never heard of this place when I was there in 19...I never heard of this place when I was there in 1973-74, but have corresponded with guys who used to go there. I wonder when it closed? Maybe when the R&R flights stopped?Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071798130626903767noreply@blogger.com