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"Eighth Army in Korea-Continuing a Tradition". Soldier Support Journal. 9 (3). US Army Soldier Support Center: 12–16. May–June 1982. ISSN 0274-9513. Article contributed by the Public Affairs Office, Headquarters, US Forces, Korea.
1952 – present. Garrison information. Garrison. 2nd Infantry Division. Camp Casey ( Korean: 캠프 케이시) is a U.S. military base in Dongducheon (also sometimes spelled Tongduchŏn or TDC), South Korea, 40 miles (64 km) north of Seoul, South Korea. Camp Casey was named in 1952 after Major Hugh Boyd Casey, who was killed in a plane crash ...
The United States Forces Korea ( USFK) is a sub-unified command of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). USFK was initially established in 1957, and encompasses U.S. combat-ready fighting forces and components under the ROK/US Combined Forces Command (CFC) – a supreme command for all of the South Korean and U.S. ground, air, sea and ...
Kunsan K-8 Air Base ( Korean : 군산공군기지) is a United States Air Force base located at Gunsan Airport, on the west coast of the South Korean peninsula bordered by the Yellow Sea. It is located in the town of Gunsan (also romanized as Kunsan), about 180 kilometres (110 mi) south of Seoul . Kunsan Air Base is the home of the 8th Fighter ...
Camp Stanley is a former U.S. Army military camp located just east of the city of Uijeongbu, South Korea. The camp is part of the Red Cloud Garrison which is composed of Army installations near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Camp Stanley began as a tent city in 1954. The first U.S. Army helicopters moved to the camp later that year and ...
The recovery of US human remains from the Korean War has continued since the end of the war. US Department of Defense Loss concentrations maps estimation of U.S. POWs/MIAs as being lost in North Korea in 1954 [ 1] and in 2017. [ 2] More than 36,000 American troops died during the Korean War (1950–1953). [ 8]
The Yangju highway incident, also known as the Yangju training accident or Highway 56 Accident, occurred on June 13, 2002, in Yangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.A United States Army armored vehicle-launched bridge, returning to base in Uijeongbu on a public road after training maneuvers in the countryside, struck and killed two 14-year-old South Korean schoolgirls, Shin Hyo-sun (Korean ...
Yongsan Garrison ( Korean: 용산기지; Hanja: 龍山基地 ), meaning "dragon hill garrison ", is an area located in the Yongsan District of central Seoul, South Korea. The site served as the headquarters for U.S. military forces stationed in South Korea, known as United States Forces Korea (USFK), and as United States Army Garrison Yongsan ...