Dear Rick - 

I have been trying to find pictures of Camp Parris in Korea for years.  This 
camp was named in memory of my uncle 1st LT Harold G. Parris.  If you have any pictures of this particular camp I would be very greatful!  You see my grandmother (Harold's mother) is still living.  She is 102 yrs old and very 
much in good health and mind. She was presented the Distinguished Service 
Cross in honor of my uncle post humously.  However, we have never been able to obtain pictures of this camp.  Any help you can offer would be greatly 
appreciated.

Thank You

Teresa Parris-Spivey

XXXVII. GUERRILLA WARFARE BEHIND THE FRONT

Page 727

"East of the main supply road strong guerrilla bands were active in the
Sibyon-ni area. One of the worst incidents in this area occurred on 6
November about midway between Kumch'on and Sibyon-ni when an enemy force ambushed the I&R Platoon and a platoon of L Company, 27th Infantry, reinforced by C Battery, 8th Field Artillery Battalion. The 1st Battalion hurried to the scene and at midnight rescued several wounded and missing men, but the enemy had disappeared. Three days later the bodies of fifteen men from the ambushed patrol were found in a shallow grave. According to a survivor, the North Koreans had murdered these men when they followed the example of 1st Lt. Harold G. Parris, an officer captured with them, in refusing to give their captors information beyond their name, rank, and serial number. [15]"

[15] 27th Inf WD, 6, 9 Nov 50; 8th FA Bn WD, 5-9 Nov 50. Eighth Army
General Order 484, 1 July 1951 awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
posthumously to Lieutenant Parris.  The sixteen captured men were from C Battery, 8th Field Artillery Battalion.

Jim Sherrill 
 

Rick, Teresa, Ken,

I got on Camp Parris today. I am afraid that there is not much
left. The 701 Ar Bn, 25ID (ROK) have been there since 1981. Before
that there was a ROK infantry outfit. LTC Jung, the Bn CDR, was 
very helpful. He had a CPL An (he had lived in Chicago) as an
interpter. Also, a SGM Kim and SGM Ahn helped me out. When
the 701st took the compound over there was very little US presence
visible. They have maintained the only two old US buildings, one
as a dayroom and the other as a PX. They really regretted that
there was not more to show of Camp Parris. They said to send
their thanks to Lt Parris's Mother for having had a brave son
that shed his blood for not only the US but for Korea. 
The main gate had moved and what was the old Camp Parris gate
is now a back gate.

It is getting late so will close for tonight.
Attached are some of the pictures I took today.

John