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IF you build it, they will come.e massive military commu-nity rising from the rice paddiesin South Korea dwarfs anything KevinCostners character might have envi-sioned in the movie Field of Dreams.

e old Camp Humphreys is trans-forming from a quiet aviation base o the beaten track from Pyongtaek intoa major hub for U.S. forces in SouthKorea. Its part of a major realignmentof the 28,500 servicemembers in Korea, with nearly all of them scheduled tomove south of the Han River within thenext several years.

All but a tiny residual force willleave U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan,


current home to U.S. Forces Korea andCombined Forces Korea in the heart of Seoul, and the 2nd Infantry Divisionand its supporting elements will relocatefrom Camp Casey and its tiny satellitebases north of the capital.

Most will consolidate at CampHumphreys, where a U.S. military baseis being built thats unlike anything everseen before on the Korean peninsula.

e project is moving forward, fullspeed ahead, Gen. Walter Skip Sharp,commander of U.S. Forces Korea,reported to the House Armed ServicesCommittee in March.

We are on track, over the nextve or six years, to complete all of the

construction down there, he told the

panel. We will actually start movingdown there in 2012, and then phase thatin over the next several years followingthat.

Sharp resisted setting a de nitivetimetable for completion, but said thee ort is on the fast track.

Were trying to do it as quickly aspossible, to be able to return this landto the Republic of Korea and to consoli-date our forces to improve the quality of life for our servicemembers, he toldCongress.

At Humphreys, Col. Joseph Moore,the garrison commander, gets excitedtalking about the enormity of the projectand the unprecedented quality of life it will o er.

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Initial plans called for the postspopulation to more than quadruplefrom the current 10,000, whichincludes 4,200 military members andabout 2,500 U.S. civilian employees,contractors and Family members.But a new dynamic added to the mix

just as the relocation plan was beinglaunchedthe normalization of toursin South Koreais expected to furtherincrease the scope of the project,Moore said.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gatesannounced in December the extensionof tour lengths in Korea. Under thenormalization plan, single servicemem-bers will serve two-year tours, and mar-ried troops who bring their Families will stay for three years.

So instead of about 1,900 Family members currently here, and about15,000 expected to arrive as U.S. forcesrelocate south and more command-sponsored slots are o ered, Mooreestimates that the post ultimately couldbecome home to as many as 30,000Family members, swelling the basestotal population to more than 62,000.

Bulldozers are busy at work prepar-ing for their arrival. e result will be abrand-new installation, unrecognizableto anyone who has served in the hodge-podge of buildings built at Humphreysover the decades to accommodatetroops serving one-year, unaccompa-nied tours.

Seventy percent of those existingbuildings will be razed, explained ToddDirmeyer, chief master planner forthe project. Replacing them will be astate-of-the-art community plannedfrom the ground up to accommodateservicemembers and their Families.

e new Humphreys complex willdwarf the current post, tripling its sizeto almost 3,600 acres and providingabout 30 million square feet in nishedbuilding space, compared to the cur-rent 4 million.

For comparisons sake, Fort Bliss,Texas, the U.S. installation experi-encing the most growth due to baserealignment and closure mandates, isadding 13 million square feet of facili-ties, Moore noted.

It really is an awesome thing, if

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you think about it, because we are go-ing to build a city here, he said. isis like starting with a blank canvas thatconsiders the whole of the property andthe timing of the demolition and con-struction. At the end of it, we will haveessentially a new installation, instead of

a new one adjoined to an old one.at new installation will providestate-of-the-art unit training, mainte-nance and equipment storage facilities,as well as modern housing, dining andrecreational amenities, Dirmeyer said.

e plan incorporates lessons fromFort Bliss and other BRAC instal-lations, from the multi-story postexchange thats proven successful atKadena Air Base, Japan, and from thetransformation Moore oversaw at theGrafenwoehr Training Area in Ger-many.

is represents a new vision, withe cient and thoughtful facility place-ment, Dirmeyer said, as he lookedover a map of the post dotted withdi erent-colored squares and rectanglesrepresenting facilities to be built.

e maneuver and training areasdesignated for local training are situat-ed away from the housing, recreationaland commercial areas. e industrialareas and vehicle maintenance facili-ties are away from those areas, he said.Troop housing is within walking dis-tance of working areas. Family housingis in a commercial area, with Family-friendly facilities and schools within walking distance or an easy commute.

Barracks will be the popular oneplus one design, in which service-members have private bedrooms andbathrooms, but share a common livingarea. A private company will pay for,build and manage most Family housingunits, similar to the residential commu-nities initiative being used at statesideposts.

A downtown shopping area, builtaround a food, beverage and enter-tainment complex, will give garrisonresidents a sense of Hometown USA,Dirmeyer said. An aquatics park thatopened in 2006 already has proven to

be a big hit, as well as the new commu-nity tness center, a ectionately calledthe Super Gym.

While providing these and otherquality-of-life amenities, the plannerstook pains to preserve green spaces. Walkways connect living and working

areas, and ball elds, picnic areas anda riverfront jogging path will beckonresidents outdoors.

Even with his latest challengeac-commodating an additional 15,000Family members due to tour nor-malizationMoore is committed topreserving sweeping outdoor areas.Were looking at a lot of di erentoptions, and we have a lot of ideas,he said. What we dont want is tosacri ce what is really a great plan by plugging additional buildings in almostrandomly.

As these nal decisions are made,Humphreys is buzzing with construc-tion activity.

Eighteen construction projects, with a contract value of $1.2 billion,already are under way on the existingpost. Another 57 projects are in theplanning and design process.

Meanwhile, a massive e ort isunder way to build up the rice paddiessurrounding the post to accommodatethe new construction. e land needsto be built up almost 15 feet to bringit above the 50-year ood plain, Mooresaid.

at, Dirmeyer explained, takes alot of dirt.

On a busy day this summer, you would see upward of 3,000 vehiclesin a single day, bringing dirt in here,

he said. If you took all the mileagefrom the rst truck to the very lasttruck required to do this land expan-sion, it would equal 17 round-trips tothe moon. And if you took all the ll,it would ll the Hoover Dam. As theland is built up, giant piles are being

driven into the ground to provide astable building site. As the planning and building

processes take place, Moore said, thebiggest challenge is ensuring it neverinterferes with the U.S. mission here.

My rst goal is to support GeneralSharps rst priority: to be prepared to

ght tonight, he said. So everything we do has to be connected to that rstgoal. We cannot do something that would interrupt a units ability to do itsmission.

e e ort here also supportsSharps priority of strengthening theU.S.-South Korea alliance because of the cooperative way its being planned,funded and built, Moore said.

Moore said hes particularly proudof the quality-of-life improvements thenew U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys will provide U.S. servicemembers andtheir Families, ful lling Sharps thirdcommand priority.

Ultimately, Moore said he expectsHumphreys to be the assignment of choice for U.S. forces, who will come tosee it as the best place to serve in SouthKorea.

is ought to sell itself. We oughtnot have to sell Humphreys, he said.If we do it well, it will sell itself, andservicemembers will tell other service-members that this is a great place tolive.!

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SINCE May 2007, members of the U.S. Army Garrison Hum-phreys community have markedthe beginning of the summer season by participating in activities at the Splishand Splash Water Park, the rst park of its kind on an Army installation inKorea.

Operated by Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, the park wasspeci cally designed to provide theexcitement of a typical American waterpark. It has all the basic necessities: two water slides, a zero-entry water play area, childrens pool and water fort, andan Olympic-size pool. ere is also a

hot tub, snack bar, outdoor volleyballcourt, one- and three-meter divingboards, an amphitheatre, water basket-ball area and locker rooms.

Near the childrens play area is asnack bar and umbrella-covered tables, where parents can relax while theirlittle ones play in the pools. e chil-drens area has a zero-entry pool design, which allows them a gradual entry intothe pool instead of a sudden drop o into the water.

Patrons travel from all over thepeninsula to use the facility.

Although the park gets the bulk of its usage during the summer season, itopens in January for the annual PolarBear Swim. is year, about 200 peopleparticipated in the event. !

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T HE old adage, if you dontknow where youre going, any road will take you there, is asimple truth. However, for Departmentof Defense personnel whove set theirsights on an assignment to South Korea with U.S. Army Garrison Daegu andother organizations, a greater truth isthat neither distractions nor diversions will interfere with their determinede orts to experience a tour in the Landof the Morning Calm.

For these Soldiers, Family membersand DOD civilians, a tour with USAGDaegu in the southern part of thepeninsula means becoming a part of what U.S. Army Garrison Daegu com-mander Col. Terry D. Hodges proudly trumpets as a strategic and enduringhub that supports tour normalizationin Korea.

e next 10 years will see a markedincrease in the number of personnelin the Daegu area, as tour normaliza-tion truly takes hold. We will seemore and more servicemembers withcommand sponsorship, bringing theirFamilies for two or three year tours.

ats outstanding. A tour in the landof the Morning Calm will be just likea tour anywhere else, with the enviousadvantage of being here in this beauti-ful, modern country. Bring your Fam-ily, stay for two or three years. Bottomline, this is tour normalization.

Terms like strategic and enduringhub boil down to this: USAG Daeguand Camps Henry, Walker, George,Defense Reutilization & MarketingO ce Apo, Busan Storage Facil-ity and Pier 8, are not going away,Hodges said. As the Army realigns itsfootprint in Korea, we will focus onsupporting our troops and Families,and our great ally the Republic of

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Positioned for the future !"#$%&'%&(!)*&+,-./&0/'123&,44,2$5Korea, from two areas of concentra-tionPyongtaek (USAG Humphreys)and here in Area IV, in the Daegu, Waegwan and Busan clusters.

Explaining how this will a ectincoming personnel, Hodges said thatthat process has already begun. He saidthat in 2009, Area IV was introducedto a state-of-the-art community activ-ity center on Camp Carroll. e facil-ity has already earned recognition as acenterpiece for supporting Soldiers.

Just to give you another exampleof how all of this is coming together, just look at Camp Walker, saidHodges. Construction is already un-derway for the new child developmentcenter. e expansion of this facility will enable USAG Daegu to providequality care for the increased numberof children who will be arriving as tournormalization really takes hold. I willalso add that the greater capacity at theCDC means a greater need for quali-

ed caregivers, and that translates intomore available jobs for spouses andothers who are eligible.

I might add that CDC-age chil-dren are not the only group that willgrow. We can expect to see a similardevelopment in the number of schoolage kidsthey havent been over-looked either. Some $9.9 million isbeing invested in a new high school,explained Hodges.

is high school is under construc-tionor rather, renovation, as twoexisting buildings on Camp Walkerundergo conversion to provide anadditional 500-seat capacity, ready foroperation in the 2011-2012 school

year. Hodges said that the newschool would be fully sta ed andequipped by the Department of Defense Education Activity. Daegu American School, currently AreaIVs K-12 school, will remain inuse as an elementary and middleschool.

ere are a number of thingsthat occur daily that help USAGDaegu prepare for the future, saidHodges. ose small, but signi -cant things include anything frome cient bus service to environmen-tal stewardship; from the best mili-tary police to our award-winning

re department; from inter-servicecooperation with the Marines atMujuk and the Navy at Chinhae,to the signed MOUs (memoran-dums of understanding) and MOAs(memorandums of agreement) withour Korean hosts; from excellentrelations with our neighbors around Area IV, to our comrades here inDaegu at Team 19, the 19th Expe-ditionary Sustainment Command. All these things can be summedup this way: Army Community of Excellence.

A tour in Daegu means thatyou live and work in one of thebrightest stars in the InstallationManagement Command constel-lation. We were the winners of the2009 Bronze ACOE award, and



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nalists again in 2010. Do you know what that means? It means that USAGDaegu consistently succeeds as one of the best garrisons in the entire UnitedStates Army.

Proud of the accomplishmentsand the great strides made by USAGDaegu, Hodges said that perseveranceand dedication re ect the attitude of the Area IV community. !

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Wet, wild, wonderful

O NE touch of nature makesthe whole world kin. Wil-liam Shakespeare may nothave been in the land of the MorningCalm when he spoke those words, butone need only visit the wetlands of U.S. Army Garrison Daegus CampCarroll to see how easily he might havebeen inspired.

e rst-ever wetland/streamrestoration, enhancement and wetlandcreation project in Korea by the U.S. Army is located just inside the maingate to Camp Carroll, within theKorean town of Waegwan in Chilgok County (just 30 minutes north of Daegu). It spans approximately 1,600feet, from its upper segment to thedownstream point where the wetland

ows o the installation boundary andinto Koreas longest natural stream of water, the Nakdong River.

Made up of a mixed habitat thatincludes a seasonal stream and pond,initial hydrologic work on the wet-lands project included stream channelrestoration, stream channel elevationadjustments, a stream bank design that

represents a typical seasonal streamlandform, and the introduction of treated water upstream into the system.

According to USAG Daegu,Department of Public Works (Envi-ronmental) Natural Resources ProgramManager John T. Kunneke, the wetlandproject proceeded in a unique fashionfor a restoration. One or all of thesedesign approaches are typical for wet-land and stream habitat restoration,said Kunneke. However, it is rare thatrestoration, enhancement and creationtake place within the same project.

DPW kicked o the Camp Carroll wetland/stream restoration and en-hancement project in November 2008.Prior to this timeframe, this was a typeof Boy Scout project that been broughtto our attention, Kunneke explained. ere was a need to revegetate an areanear Daegus Chilgok County outfall, where the stream was getting siltedup over the years due to o site runo coming into the installation at thatpoint. at was not performed undertechnical guidance, and plant survivor-ship was low.

Kunneke said that the DPW Environmental Division has designedthe wetland restoration, the view-ing structures, footpath, and createda pond and the vegetation zonationdesign. DPW is behind the overalllandscape design, and enhancement of the stream and wetland complex. Weare also providing contractor oversightand quality control on all the restora-tion and enhancement work that isbeing performed.

e hydrologic component of theproject has been a key factor in thedesign. e project area is boundedby three hydrologic sections calledreaches: the Upper, Middle and LowerReaches. e Upper and Middle Reachsegments have been restored andenhanced. e pond has been designedin order to create additional wetlandand oodplain function associated withthe overall system. During periods of higher stream discharge, the pond has

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been designed to hydrologically con-nect to the upper and lower segmentsof the Middle Reach. A oodplainisland was created between the pondand the stream, and serves as both anadditional function as well as a wildlifebu er zone.

Kunneke explained that while theterminology may sound completely foreign to those not familiar with wetland operations or functions, ahealthy environment is something evena novice can comprehend. Evidence of the wetlands early success has includedpreviously undocumented bird species,including migratory songbirds, wadingbirds and ducks; previously undocu-mented frog species, the dark-spottedfrog; and the immediate utilization of the wetland by raccoon dogs.

In a recent update of the progressbeing made at the wetlands site, Kun-neke reported that the location contin-ues to respond favorably to restorationand enhancement objectives followingthe latest phase of stream and wetlandhabitat work in the Lower Reach.

As you can imagine, the favorable

response is vital to the wetlands proj-ect, Kunneke said. It includes streamchannel stabilization and desirablecourse adjustment; removal of silt layeramong many sections of the streamchannel and corresponding exposureof the former streambed; pond waterlevels maintaining depth and dura-tion corresponding to rainfall and dry periods; and pond inlet and outletelevations functioning as planned.

Following the nal elevation andstream modi cations in the lower sec-tion of the Lower Middle Reach, andthroughout the Lower Reach, therehas been a constant stream ow withinthe channel throughout that area. estream channel has begun to take shapeand adjust itself favorably within thestream banks.

Continuing with his update Kun-neke said that water deer have also usedthe project area. e sh populationprior to restoration startup was severely diminished. Immediately followingcompletion of hydrologic design work,the sh population began to restoreitself and utilize the new areas of the

Upper and Middle Reaches previously not accessible and utilizable.

e success is referred to as early,because typically it can take up to ayear for wildlife establishment withina project area of this nature settingand design. e project is (now) in the

nal restoration phase. DPW will beplanting some additional shrubs andtrees. We can expect a monitoring andmaintenance program to be in place forabout one year. e target for monitor-ing and maintenance is actually threeyears. As you can imagine, monitoringand maintenance are critical compo-nents for restoration projects of thisnature.

e Camp Carroll wetlands willfunction not only as a testament tohow seriously the garrison takes itsresponsibility as steward of the environ-ment, but as a learning environmentas well. Both on-post and local schoolshave planned outings for their stu-dents. !

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THERE are many Soldiersthose on active duty and those who come back to the Army

as civil servantswho return for duty in Korea. As they drive up to the frontgate of Camp Casey, they are imme-diately aware of the transformation.Wow, things have changed. is isnothing like it used to be, is a typicalreaction.

e shock-and-awe e ect is not loston Red Cloud Garrisons commander,Col. Larry Pepper Jackson.

ere have been so many changesin Red Cloud Garrison, for the folks who have just arrived, you will haveto realize that the folks who have beenhere for the past three to four years arethe ones who truly paved the way forall the new things you see here rightnow, Jackson said while addressinga crowd of Soldiers and their Family members during a community townhall meeting.

When the Army set a standard of support for all garrisons, no matterthe location of the garrison, and calledit tour normalization, the Soldiersand civilians of those garrisons werecalled upon to begin the work. Fouryears prior to tour normalization,South Koreas once gritty Area I, nowdubbed Red Cloud Garrison (whichcomprises not only Red Cloud, butCamp Casey, Camp Stanley, CampsMobile, Castle, Castle North, Hovey, Jackson and Kwangsari), was a non-command-sponsored duty area whereSoldiers spent a one-year hardshiptour. At the direction of the Pentagon,these individuals turned the situationaround under Jacksons leadership andinvited Soldiers, civilians and retireesto bring their Families and live fully supported, as they would in any Army garrison in the world.

When Jackson took command June26, 2007, he started the ball rolling ona continuous schedule of renovation

and construction. Although Red CloudGarrison is not given any resources for

new construction, all the renovationconstruction is fully funded. ree or four years ago this was

a dependent-restricted area, Jacksonsaid. If one of you had mentioned tome as a garrison commander, Hey Col.Pepper Jackson, I want a kindergartenthrough grade-eight school, I wouldsay, I dont think that will happen. Or,Col. Jackson are we going to have adaycare center? I would probably havesaid, Unlikely. But now we have childyouth services programs and morecoming in the near future.

Recently, I have enjoyed seeingthe fruits of our labor, speaking of thefolks who have been here for the pastthree years. All the things that havecome about really have come from yourvoices, so all of you within the soundof my voice, dont think you dontmake a di erence. You make a hugedi erence.

Seven years ago in what was Area I,there were seven services and they werespread out all over the area.

What was amazing, Jackson said,was watching so many young ladies with baby carriages having to pushthose carriages from one building onone side of the post to get somethingdone, to another across the way on theother side of post to get something elsedone. So we got smart about it andconsolidated seven services right nextto our new lodge and bus station onRed Cloud Garrison.

Services for Families living withinthe footprint of Red Cloud Garrisonare growing as fast as the renovationand construction projects arecompleted.

After passing through the drive-ingates on Casey or passing through the walk-in gate, the rst thing you will seeis many square acres of new renovationand construction. Taking the rst leftfrom the gate will bring you to the newDepartment of Defense Education

Activity School, which will educatemore than 300 kindergarten through

eighth-grade children.Standing just north of the Gateway Club, heralded the Best Club inthe Army, in 2009, is the middle of downtown Casey, as Jackson is fondof saying.

ere you will see the new childdevelopment center building, the Child

Youth Center, the Army Community Center, and Maude Hall, a lodgingfacility. ese new services are bringing

the garrison into the 21st century under Army tour normalization.

I am really proud of all the things we have been able to accomplish, Jackson said. We take care of ourown here in Warrior Country, and wecannot rest on our laurels. ere is somuch more to do here because what weare really trying to do for us, the 2ndInfantry Division Soldiers, civilians andall the folks who work here, is bridgethis gap of ve years until we get toHumphreys.

In the meantime, Im going tomake sure we live in the same quality of life you would nd on any othergarrison anywhere in the world.!

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Korea tour normalization:

A Family-friendly deployment plan

T ROOPS stationed in SouthKoreafrom the top generalo cer to the newest privatescall the new tour normalization policy a huge boost for military Families,particularly when theyre so often sepa-

rated during combat deployments.General Walter Skip Sharp took

command of U.S. Forces Korea lastyear advocating longer tours to bene tU.S. military Families, cut down onmoves and reduce disruption withinthe command.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gatesapproved the proposal in December,

and its being phased in as facilities arebuilt to accommodate more command-sponsored Families.

With tour normalization, assign-ments to South Korea will be morelike assignments to Germany, Japanor other overseas installations. Singleservicemembers typically will servetwo-year tours, and troops who bring

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Almost three years after the Dennisadvanced echelon reached IncheonInternational Airport, and more thantwo years after the last child arrivedin-country, the extended and extensiveFamily seems happy with their decision.

I havent had any regrets, Charlessaid. is has made an impactapositive impacton the children. Being

with mom and dad rather than havingto stay with relatives in the States is amuch better situation for kids.

e kids concur.Im open to everything so Ive really

enjoyed the culture here, said AdrianGawreluk, an 18-year-old senior at theICS. Ive made a lot of Korean and

half-Korean friends. Ive had a chanceto see many other places in Korea andeven other countries. Its very nice andvery beautiful here.

e scholar-athlete described a wide array of unique cultural oppor-tunities she enjoyed during her timein Korea. How many American highschool students compete in basketballtournaments in Japan or visit Chinafor their senior trip?

Despite some initial trepidation,she doesnt regret the Family decisionto move en masse to the Red Cloudarea.

At rst I wanted to go back, very badly. But now Im happy Ive had thechance to experience this beautifulcountry. I think Ill appreciate it moreand more as I get older. If I could doit over again I de nitely would, maybe

just not for so long, she said with alaugh.

Michelle takes pride in her role asa pioneer and an advocate for other

Families. After 24 years as a military wifethe last several of them as adual-military parentshe bringsvaluable insights and experience toCamp Red Cloud and the surround-ing community. Her time in Germany provided a comparative base and, inher mind, a model for how successfuloverseas Family infrastructure can de-velop and ourish. If, she said, Family life in Uijeongbu and Dongducheonisnt precisely comparable with that of Heidelberg or Wiesbaden, its movingin the right direction.

e Christmas tree lightinglast year was very special, Michellesaid. It was the rst time the schoolperformed at one. I really had to do adouble take looking at all the kids andFamilies here.

ered be like two Families when wed go to these things before,she continued. Now there were somany. I thought, Wow, this is really great. Its a much healthier environ-ment for everyone. e 2nd ID homeis more like home now. !

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information networks fromthreats around the globe,said Maj. Gen. Steven W.Smith, director of the Army Cyberspace Task Force. enew command will reach fulloperational capacity beforeOct. 1.

e mission for AR-FORCYBER is to direct theoperation and defense of all Army networks, and, on order, conductfull-spectrum operations in support of our combatant commanders and coali-tion partners, Smith said.

e general said the command will operate in the cyber domain andinclude the networked systems aboard Army combat vehicles.

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A burning sensation over- whelms me as I reach back to grab my calf muscle.My senses are awakened as thepain quanti es and the unpleas-ant tingling runs up and downthe back of my leg. I turn aroundto see the source. Shes erce, andher diminutive eyes glare in angeras she continues to thrash hercane relentlessly toward me.

e elderly woman used herbody language to tell me I hadventured too close to where she

was squatting, watching the pa-rade of lanterns pass by. For many foreigners this form of brute force

would not normally be toleratedand countered with a st and acouple of eyebrow-raising fourlettered words.

is is Jonggak in centralSeoulnormally ooded withfervent shoppers trying to get the

best dealsnow packed with touristsfrom around the world. Along JongnoStreet, from Dongdaemun to JogyesaTemple, 100,000 brightly coloredlanterns adorn the streets and paths inhonor of Buddhas birthday, known as

Yeon Deoung Hoe. It is a visualfeast of beauty.

Koreans celebrate this joy-ous event with great humility,pride and honor as they kick o

with an exhibition of traditionallanterns displayed at BongeunsaTemple and elsewhere throughoutthe city. I can see the warmth inthe peoples eyes and I imagineits almost like Christmas in thesummer, except there are 10 timesmore lights. Its vibrant and loud,yet the celebration still has an airof mystery, re nement and his-tory that Koreans cling to.

I jump right in line, pushingmy way through the crowdedstreet as if this very moment

was something eeting. I feelprivileged to be a participant inthe celebration, not just a casualobserver, as I peel o layers of sticky glue from my ngers and

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Joseon Dynasty walked the streets inhonor of the lantern celebration, orKwandeung-nori, as well.

What is this? I hesitantly asked ayoung Korean girl holding onto a rope.She tells me in the best English she canmuster, You write your personal wish-

es on the paper and then tie on here forBuddha. I smile, confused and evenmore hesitant. I shrug and think, OK.I think I can handle that.

Korean folk dancers, lotus lantern

performance groups and internationalBuddhist communities put on showsalongside the street festival throughoutthe weekend. Young men and womenline up dressed in traditional clothing

with ornate embroidery and stitch-ing. ey dance, sing and beat wildly

on drums. e performances demanddelicate, acrobatic and agile rhythmicmovements which each performerdelivers. As they wait to take centerstage, I watch women and men xing

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At the end of the night, everyone joins for the closing parade. Countlesshand-held and giant lanterns stretch forblocks. I see so many people carryinglanterns it is a wonder there are still

people to stand and watch the parade.Despite arriving early, my location,although nice, was not as good as someof the honored guests, like the littleBuddha of Jonggak Temple.

Even with enough bu er space tosurround me so I could move freely totake pictures, the elderly woman stillmanaged to snag the back of my leg with her cane. I looked down at heras she stared back at me. What couldI do? I apologized and moved on stillgroping the back of my beaten leg. Itmay be bruised by morning, but it was worth it. !


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and frigid winters, the bloody con ictdragged on until an armistice wassigned, July 27, 1953, in Panmumjom,ending active hostilities. A peace treaty never followed.

Eighth Army served as the only eld army on the peninsula during the

course of the Korean War, said Miller,adding that Eighth Army was support-ed by the I Corps, IX Corps, X Corps,1st Cavalry Division and the 2nd, 3rd,7th, 24th, 25th, 40th and 45th Infan-try Divisions as well as the 1st MarineDivision, 187th Airborne RegimentalCombat Team and 5th RegimentalCombat Team.

American Soldiers earned 80 of the113 Medals of Honor awarded duringthe Korean War, with the Marinesearning 42, the Navy seven and thenewly formed U.S. Air Force its rstfour. ree U.S. Army posts in Koreatoday memorialize Army Medal of Honor recipients: Camps George andHenry in Daegu and Camp Red Cloudin Uijeongbu.

e mayor of Seouls Dobong-guDistrict honored Walker in December2009 by unveiling the monumentfor him near the intersection wherehe died in a non-combat-related autoaccident in 1950. Walker was posthu-mously promoted to four-star general.Not far from the monument is Walker

Hill, the site of Seouls posh Sheraton Walker Hill Hotel. A statue of Walker,unveiled in June, greets visitors at theentrance to the Eighth Army headquar-ters in Seoul.

Today, Walker holds a place of high honor in Korea along with other

legendary U.S. Army generals likeMacArthur, Gen. Matthew Ridgeway and Lt. Gen. James Van Fleet.

We are walking in the footstepsof giants here, said current EighthU.S. Army Commanding General Lt.Gen. Joseph F. Fil Jr. is is whereour Soldiers repelled communist ag-gression and provided the peace andstability that have enabled one of thegreat modern success stories of the20th century, the rise of the Republicof Korea into a global economic, politi-cal and cultural force.

Fil said he is proud to lead thesame Field Army that Walker, Ridge-

way and Van Fleet took into battleduring the Korean War.

It is truly an honor to commandEighth Army, said Fil, who served asthe 1st Calvary Division and MultiNational Division-Baghdad command-ing general before assuming commandin Korea.

While acknowledging the senior American Army leaders who led the

ght here during the Korean War, Fil

credited the men and women whoserve in Eighth Army today with itscontinued success.

It is our people who uphold thestoried legacy of this great warght-ing formation, said Fil. Generationsof Soldiers have made it possible for

Eighth Army to not only repel the en-emy 60 years ago, but also to maintainpeace and stability here ever since.!

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T HE story of how an 8-inch,self-propelled howitzer and itscrew made a signi cant contri-bution to the Korean War is relatively unknown, even to the veterans of that war. In need of a more powerful gunat their position on the 38th parallel,members of the Reserves 780th Field Artillery Battalion developed an amaz-ing hybrid cannon.

e 780th, attached to corps artil-lery in Korea, helped Soldiers holdtheir position in the town of Kajon-ni.Nicknamed the Cavalier Redlegs

because its three batteries were all fromVirginia, the 780th is best known forthe rst use of direct assault re froman 8-inch, self-propelled howitzer inKorea, George Ellis recalled. Directassault re means the artillery crew hasa direct line of sight between the gunand the target, and aims and res the weapon using visual cues.

Ellis, an infantryman who enteredthe Army with the 31st Dixie DivisionNational Guard, was attached to the780th in August 1951. I was a sh outof water, he said. I was used to seeing

the thing that I was supposed to shootat, and in artillery you dont.

ough Ellis was not involved withthe rst use of direct assault re, some-times the 8-inch howitzer came underhis units supervision.

I had the privilege of directingre and getting to know the crew, he

explained.e hybrid cannon was named

e Bastard by its crew duringdevelopment. Its subsequent push upa 3,878-foot, snow-covered hill wasdubbed Operation Mountain Goat.

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KOREA: Soldiers Magazine - August 2010