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[Gillogly, James]

--- Whitney in TX wrote: 
>>A similar incident happened at Yokota AB some years back. Someone
fired 
>>some rockets onto or over the base. No damage or harm done as far as I

>>know. Sorry for going off topic...

(Just to stay off-topic) I remember that very well. It happened just
3 hours after I first set foot on Yokota.  Nothing like a rocket attack
to wake you up after a 16-hour flight and 4-hour bus trip. :-o  It kept 
me on my toes for a bit, that's for sure.

The attacks turned out to be a disgruntled farmer flinging home-made
rockets, 
as I recall. Of course, I'm not falling for that (probably true, but
lame)
story. I going with a much more believable (but still lame) Shukan
Post-style
version that it was actually a group from a rival heya trying to
interrupt 
Akebono's workout routine using scare tactics (The Yokozuna used the gym
at
the air base). It was probably Takasago-beya... Yeah.  They didn't have 
Asashoryu, yet, so couldn't really put up much against the big guy. Just

Mitoizumi, really. Can't you just see a group of young rikishi, lead by 
"Big Salt", lobbin' noisemakers over the fence?  Hey, could've
happened... 
Mitoizumi did have a pretty good underhand toss. A tossed M-80 could've 
easily been mistaken for a rocket.  :-p

Cheers,
Jim Gillogly 
(Takanorappa)