Letter from a Little M.P.
Contributor: Robert V Doepke
In October 1958 My best friend Joe Sciortino and I enlisted into the US Army, in July the following year we were on our way to Korea. I was assigned to C Company, 728th MP Battalion in Yongsan.
Outside Gate 1 in 1961
Contributor: Darrell Brown
Samgakji area of Seoul in 1961, just outside of gate number 1 later on gate 16, was made up of poorer Korean style homes. There…
Yongsan Garrison schools to close in June after six decades of teaching military kids
Contributor: By KIM GAMEL for STARS AND STRIPES
The schools are part of a system established by the military shortly after World War II to ensure an American education for the children of troops deployed overseas. Then-named Seoul American High School opened in 1959 when classes were held in Quonset huts.
What Do You Feed a Korean?
Contributor: By Lt.Col. Kenneth O. Schellberg, Quartermaster, 7th Infantry Division
Three weeks before the 7th Infantry Division shipped to Inchon, we received an augmentation of 8,600 Koreans. Before they arrived our division commander (Maj.Gen. David…
Topic: Food
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My adventures around Yongsan Garrison
Contributor: Scott Forrey
Once at Samgakji we would be underneath the elevated traffic circle. There were seemingly hundreds of street vendors selling everything from soups and grilled meats, to plastic shoes and clothing, to bicycle parts…..It was dark and chaotic under the traffic circle, and quite exciting for a teenager…