Thanksgiving in Korea , 1958.
Contributor: George Breen
Two G.I.’s and two Korean children were seated at each table on Thanksgiving day.
HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THIS VIEW?
Contributor: Peter T Yeschenko
HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THIS VIEW?! by Peter T Yeschenko Yongsan parade grounds on main post in 1970. If you recall this was right next…
Topic: Mapping, Yongsan Legacy
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Staffing the Clubs
Contributor: Paul Black
About once a week we went to K-14 Kimpo Airport to pick up meats from Japan off a C-124 Globemaster aircraft. These meats included T Bone, Rib Eye Steaks and Chicken.
My top 5 favorite things I loved about living in Seoul/Yongsan:
Contributor: Doreen Vandal
The PEOPLE; The Korean people are friendly, kind, hard-working and generous…always willing to help a confused American! They became our family during our 5 years in Korea
The punched cards
Contributor: Rich Kent
All of the personnel information that came into our data center from headquarters in Hawaii, came on cardboard IBM cards. These cards had to be…
The hands that re-connected postwar Korea
Contributor: Kyung Lee
Wheeler, accompanied by the technical assistance of South Korean contractors, has planted tower stations across the country. He worked on one at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek between 2009 and 2012, which he says rivals those of leading telecommunications systems across the globe.
Walking through Itaewon in 1968
Contributor: Martin Limon
In her high, lilting voice she would recite:
“It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know,
By the name of Annabel Lee. . . “
Working for Stars and Stripes in 1969
Contributor: Martin Limon
Let’s not over-glamorize the Stars and Stripes. Recent news reports that it might be curtailed have characterized the Department of Defense-sponsored publication as being produced…