Rick's Korea Trip Photos

Rick's Korea "Trip" - Photos
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- 07 Sept 2001

- 18 February 2002

Rick's "Home" 1971 - 72
CO - Capt James L. McAllister
XO - 1Lt Richard E. Langdon
1Sgt - SFC Malcom L. Stewart


Lt. Langdon	Capt. McAllister

"Uncle Sam's" - All expenses paid .... "Trip" to Korea
- He just wanted a little work while I was there -

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UH1 View Camp Howze	UH1 View A Typical lowland valley and village	UH1 View Seoul	UH1 View Seoul
Views from FE (?) Mess Hall Camp Giant looking NNW The mountains in the distance are North of the DMZ -beyond Panmunjon-	Views from FE (?) Mess Hall Camp Giant looking NE (RC 4 in background)	Views from FE (?) Mess Hall Camp Giant looking East	Views from FE (?) Mess Hall Camp Giant looking SE & getting COLDER !!!
Once the temperature got below freezing, we started using a winterized mix of diesel and mogas in the trucks and started them up every 2 hours at night to keep them warm and move 'em so they wouldn't freeze to the ground. Had one duece & a half - have a "run away" with this mix - here in the Maint Bn Motor Pool.	The "opinion" was that it had badly worn rings and the oil from the cranccase was blowing by - causing it to "diesel". They shut off the fuel but it kept running away 'till all the oil was sucked out of the crankcase. Scratch THAT engine off the property list !! Bad for them - good for me, had my motor Sgt check all OUR engines & watch out that it didn't happen to any of ours.	Digging a BIG - DEEP hole for the septic tank Camp Edwards (East)	Warming (& protective) tent set up over the excavation for the septic tank -IT'S GETTING COLDER-
Views from Camp Edwards (West) First dusting of SNOW	Views from Camp Edwards (West) First dusting of SNOW	Views from Camp Edwards (West) First dusting of SNOW	Views from Camp Edwards (West) First dusting of SNOW
If push came to shove, and the "move out" order came along with an "alert"... My company moved to a predetermined alert position... but I and a select few others went North to drop the bridge into the river! (Also went on a regular basis to check the load and blasting circuits.)	Headed NORTH to Freedom Bridge	Highway sign - just - "can't get there - from here" All listed locations are in NORTH KOREA (Kae Seong is 5.4Km West of the West limit of my "map" via MSR 1 - noted on this old map as Hwy 3 - and about 16Km from Panmumjon and the JSA)	FREEDOM BRIDGE
Crossing the bridge Brought along Lt. Jesse Martinez this time - so he'd be "up to speed" on our mission as well. Jesse took over the Company after Jim and I left in the Spring of '72.	North end checkpoint	Picking up an escort from 1/31 Inf (M)	My first Christmas should be with Lin and look where I am :-(
A few other "miscellenous" jobs we did in the 6 months I was in "The Land of the Morning Calm".	Actually, the relocatable slabs at Cp Rice - was not - my first concrete work "in country". (These OP's or "Blockhouses" along with CP3 in the JSA - were.) At the time, picture taking was not my highest priority. Went back to get this one.	OP at the DMZ Fence	Road work new back entrance Camp Howze
New "back gate" Camp Howze	Secure our Arms Room Camp Edwards (East)	Foundations for our new latrine/shower ready to place Camp Edwards (East)	Septic tank - base slab ready to place Camp Edwards (East)
New Bulletin Board Camp Edwards (East)	Road patrol and drainage maintenance	Mess Hall Expansion Camp Rice	Mess Hall expansion Camp Rice