Monday, July 17, 2006
Takes Two to Tango
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This photograph was taken at the Gajo-en Kanko hotel ballroom in Shinju-ku, another gathering place for GIs at the time. Our favorite dance was the 'Cha-cha,' but of course we loved the Waltz and the Tango too, as well as the others.
Kootch was really big on dancing, back in those days. On a lark, she joined a group of girls who would visit various U.S. bases and dance with the G.I.s at the Officer or NCO club. Apparently the club would pay (tap) the person in charge, who would then give the girls a cut of the take.
I met her at the Shiroi AFB Airmen's Club. The club had a raised dance floor, and when the guy she was dancing with spun her around I could see her panties. It was love at first sight. I asked her to dance and one thing led to another, and another...
