Mapping Yongsan Garrison and Surroundings
Contributor: Rich Kent
I took this photo from Namsan Tower when i served in Yongsan grrison in 1969. The photo is looking towards Main Post and South Post…
The magic keys of my coworker’s car. Building #2254
Contributor: Doug Ricker
One of my funniest memories from Yongsan garrison is from 1984. The MPs patrolled the parking lot between our building and the Arcade/Library. If a…
Yongsan Garrison as the source of new culture
Contributor: Nam SangSo
Blondie There was a large white washed wall among buildings lined up facing a river and bridge before entering into Uljin township, North Gyeongsang province.…
Giant step forward international design/construction bidding
Contributor: Nam SangSo
The landscape architects for the new Yongsan Park, I hope, will notice that the Building 1510 on main post exists with the great legacies of the pioneer American and Korean architects and engineers during the reconstruction era after the Korean War.
Topic: construction, Engineering
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In the Bldg #2364 on Main Post Yongsan Garrison,
Contributor: Mr. Yu InSu
This is about 64 years back in 1954 when it was time still skirmish of fightings were sporadically occurring along the front line. Although the…
Topic: Engineering, Yongsan Legacy
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Sparky, the Yongsan Garrison Fire Station Dalmatian Mascot
Contributor: Alex Temporado
I really appreciate the work you Yongsan Legacy are doing in capturing the historical and human stories surrounding Yongsan Army Garrison (Yongsan.). To me Yongsan…
AFKN disk jockey and discotheque
Contributor: Nam SangSo
We Korean architects had heard of the disco but never had the design experience. And noticing the AFKN disk jockeys talked like avant-garde artists at a commissary diner, I decided to visit the station just across the street.
Sharing fashion trends in South Korea
Contributor: Rich Kent and Bill Smothers
United Nations Command and United States Forces Korea have been a big influence in setting the fashion trend in South Korea back in the 50’s…
The first bottled water in Korea has origins linked to Yongsan Garrison
Contributor: Mr. Choi Byung-Hyo
Diamond Water, the first commercial drinking water to be approved in South Korea, and passing the water quality test by the hygiene authority of the USKF, in Yongsan in 1977
The influence of Western fashion through the US Army
Contributor: Yongsan Legacy
US ARMY hosts a fashion show by Korean designers Choi Kyungja and Andre Kim in Seoul, 1959 Andre Kim(August 24, 1935 – August 12, 2010)…
Yongsan land after US Forces are relocated
Contributor: Nam SangSo
When Korean government announced that the United States and Korea agreed in 2003 to relocate the U.S. Army Yongsan Garrison to Camp Humphreys by the end of the year 2017, and the Yongsan land will be developed to a large park, larger than London’s Hyde Park, many Seoul citizens not only overjoyed with the good news …
My life was drag racing until the day I was drafted
Contributor: George Breen
I sat down in my chair. My Mother now came into the room. I must have appeared sick, because my Mother asked, “What is wrong”? I told her that I had been Drafted! She began to cry.
Oksusu-ppang (cornbread)
Contributor: Yongsan Legacy Team
“When I was a kid in elementary school in Korea the school provided cornbread as a daily snack to the students just before class was…
Topic: cultural exchange, Food
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From monitoring crime news to writing mystery books
Contributor: Martin Limón
George and Ernie roam all over Korea but they always start their investigations on Yongsan Compound and they always return there.
In my heart, so do I.
Learning English with an American GI
Contributor: Bill Morgenstein
As the U.S. military relocates out of Yongsan Garrison, Yongsan Legacy aims to archive the living memories of those who served, worked and lived there.…
Topic: cultural exchange, People
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