The photo above was taken around December 1960. It shows PFC Gary Clark (your webmaster) being presented with a brass cup by 508th Group CO Col McNear. The cup was in honor of winning "508th Group Soldier of the Month" for December 1960.

The photo above is of the entire A Co. compound, and was taken at the same time and from the same point as the photo of the compound on the main A Co. page. The difference here is that this picture is taken at a wider angle and shows more of the surrounding area. Note the orphanage in the middle of the picture. Note also that there is an irrigation ditch with a walking path on each side that runs diagonally along the bottom of the picture. Keep this ditch in mind as you move down to look at the next picture.

That's right, it's the same ditch and path. This photo was taken from the same point as the one above, but the camera is looking about 180 degrees in the other direction (to the east). In this direction there is an earthen dam, built by the Corps of Engineers, that creates a reservoir. The reservoir is the source of water for all the Army compounds in the area. It has a spillway to prevent the water level from getting too high. That spillway is the source of the stream that ran along the north side of the A Co. compound. The dam and resivour are just visible in this photo, but are very hard to make out if you don't know what you are looking at.

The photo above shows the north edge of the reservoir, where there was a well-traveled foot path. Note the kid with the load of wood on his back, a common sight in Korea in those days. If you follow this foot path far enough you find it eventually leads to the town of Pubwon-ni (also known by the GIs as "Mickey Mouse Corners"). It takes about an hour to walk there using this path. I know, I did it.

The photo above is a shot of main street Yongjukol, circa spring 1962. It shows the north side of the street and in it you can see what the rooftops of the houses behind the street buildings look like. I think this picture was taken from the window of the "Hi Tabang," or "Lucky Tea House" in English.

The photo above is another shot of beautiful downtown Yongjukol, taken in the spring of 1962. It shows the Han Song Pool Hall and restaurant, with the building undergoing expansion. There are numerous things in this picture that are very typical of Yongjukol at that time. Note the kids in the street wearing shirts but no pants. This was common for kids up to about five or six. Also note the old Korean "papasan" in the street dressed head to toe in white and all the unemployed men hanging around the pool hall.