633rd Engineer Light Equipment Co. WWII

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I will only be able to mail one copy. The person who receives this will be responsible for mailing to others.

Keywords: If there is an official historian for the 633rd, could you please email me? I have a complete hand typed history of this unit done very shortly after WWII. AWESOME! I doubt that there are any other surviving copies and I would like to send a copy of this to be shared with others who may wish to read it. I found it in the belongings of CPL John E. Bowen who served with them and history begins at Ft. McCain and ends with the company's trip back stateside and afterwards. It was written in honor of Floyd T. Farr, Eugene B. Lurrey and Robert R. Williams. The three from the company who didn't make it home.

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Camp Stanley Memories

Comments: I was the 633rd Engineer Light Equipment Company Commander for several months in 1970. As I recall, the unit was comprised of 212 GI's, 75 KATUSAs, and 20 Korean Civilians. We had some of the Heaviest Junk (Engineer Equipment) in the Army inventory. I think the Company Commander that followed me may have deactivated the unit. I Corps was in transition when I left to become the Engineer Maintenance Officer for the 2nd Engineer Bn of the 2nd Infantry Division. We had started plans to turn equipment over to the ROKs. The 633rd was then garrisoned at Camp Stanley near Uijongbu. It was an 8th Army Unit attached to the 36th Combat Engineer Group (an I Corps Unit) also headquartered at Camp Stanley. The 36th Combat Engineer Group is now at Fort Benning and is configured much differently then when it was in Korea.

In 1970 & 1971 I Corps Headquarters was at Camp Red Cloud in Uijongbu. The 2nd Infantry Division Headquarters moved from Camp Howze in March 1971 to Camp Casey near Tongduchon when the 7th Infantry Division was deactivated. I think I Corps HQ is now at Fort Lewis and the 2nd ID HQ is at Camp Red Cloud. However, 2nd ID Soldiers also have been sent to Iraq so I dont know how much of the Division is left in Korea.

Current Camp Stanley web page: http://ima.korea.army.mil/UsasaAreaI/Camp%20Stanley/Default.htm

Keywords: Camp Stanley, Uijongbu, 633rd Engineer Light Equipment Company, I Corps, 36th Combat Engineer Group, Camp Howze, Camp Casey, Camp Red Cloud

1964/1965

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Korea,1952-53

Comments: It has been over 50 years, so names don't come easy, most everyone would be in their 70's. I still have some pictures. I spent eighteen months six days over there. My CO was Capt. Arthur O Beer.

Keywords: 1169th Combat Engineers 633rd Light Equipment Co. I corp Dump

Trying to find my mash records,

Comments: I was wounded and taken to the Norwegian mash unit and cannot find my medical records could you please help me. thanking you corp. Robert Langins

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Chinese Ammo Supplies under Gardens

Comments: The company area received a lot of small arms fire from across the river at Tocdshon-Ni.As a react team, we used a 2 1/2 ton truck with a ring mount and .50 caliber machine gun as center of force and troops deployed behind and to the side. After we got into the village,could not find the weapons or persons. Leekye Jung,my interpeter talked with the village chief.He didnt like the answers.Lekye had been an agent in what was equivilent to our Secret Service and spoke excellent english. Anyway Leekye hit the mayor in the mouth with a butt stroke.Immediately the old man babbled information. The men then went to gardens planted with raddishes,cabbage,garlic etc located throughout the village and dug along the sides to uncover rope handles. When the "garden" maybe 4 feet x 6 feet were lifted,underneath were large supplies of chinese small arms ammo and hand grenafdes and mines all boxed and ready as a supply point if the Chinese army made another attack. Called in the National Police who tied up and marched the village occupants down the road to a railroad station. Lt "Rip"Collins,a classmate from my O.C.S. Class brought a pltn from 10th Engr Bn,3rd Inf Div. to help haul off and blow up the ammo. The Chinese never attacked during my time there ,but I have always known that that ammo could have cost a number of G.I. lives and know we did a good job. Essayons.

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who worked with robert burdett

Comments: I dont know much about my grandfather and niether does my mother. I know he served as a heavy equiptment operator or mech. in the Korean War. Stories have been told about him and his heroic efforts in saving his plattoon by hiding them at a Girlfriend house while under attack from the enemy in Korea. Please it would mean the would to find out the whole stories and how it happened.

thank for Listening Sgt Oliver USMC

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Marilyn Monroe Visit

Comments: My dad Louis Guercio played the piano when Marilyn sang for the troops. Mom had pictures but lost them. It has been very difficult for her as she lost dad unexpectidly during surgery. If anyone has a picture of my dad on stage w/ Marilyn can you email me? It would mean the world to my mom and all of her children and granchildren

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Need info on old "Cable-Over" dozers

Comments: I'm in the process of building a minature of the old "cable-over" dozers used in WWII and later Korea. Can anyone point me in the direction of line drawings or photos of these dozers?? thanks ahead of time!

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CWO Donald C. Breeze

Comments: My father CWO Donald C. Breeze served in Korea with the 633rd Jan.-Dec., 1953. He was a member of the Illinois National Guard 135th Combat Engineering 44th Inf Div serving at Camp Cooke, CA in 1952. I am interested in any information about the 633rd during this time, where in Korea they served, etc. Also, I would like to hear from anyone who may have know my father. In October, 2003 I will be attending a reunion of the 44th Inf Div in Peoria, IL.

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Marilyn Monroe - Korea - Feb. 1954

Comments: I am searching for photos, interesting stories (such as the one by Robert McMillan), etc. of Marilyn Monroe in Korea and visiting the U.S. hospitals in Japan in Feb. 1954

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Marilyn Monroe's Visit

Comments: We supplied the water trucks to keep the dust down when Marilyn Monroe visited in , I beleive , Feb. 1954. She entertained at Camp Casey , and she can regulary be seen in Biography or Elton John's "Candle In The Wind" with a low cut purple dress. Please note that you will see no dust on her.

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NAME OF COMMANDER OR 633RD COMBAT

Comments: MY DAD CAN'T REMEMBER THE COMPANY COMMANDERS NAME FOR THE 633RD COMBAT ENGINEER COMPANY IN THE 8TH ARMY I-CORE.

I AM HIS DAUGHTER AND HE NEVER TALKED ABOUT THE WAR UNTIL ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO ONLY WHEN HE WAS ASKED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. TALKING ABOUT IT MUCH MORE NOW.

HE CAN'T REMEMBER ANYONE EXCEPT A MILLION CHINESE LYING IN THE TRENCHES. HE RAN OUT OF BULLETS DURING COMBAT AND CLAIMS HE HAD TO USE HIS FORK AND KNIFE TO SURVIVE. I DON'T BELIEVE HIM.

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award of the British Empire MEDAL

Comments: I HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER FRPM AmR William R.Westlake who states he is a military historian with a field of specialization in British orders,decorations and medals awarded to American servicemen for WW II and Korea. He was intrested in two members of the 633rd who were awarded the British Empire Medal.Corpotral Ronald Lee Myers (RA 19402994) and Sgt Elie Samuel Rosenbloom (US 51087221)Iam asking the local Veterans Administration to attempt to locate these veterans and get them in touch with Mr Westlake.. well done and ESSAYON.

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633 rd Engineeer Light Equipment Co.

Comments: For the men in the unit and for historians,military buffs etc,here is a salute to a real soldier. My platoon sergeant was one of the old regular army,hell on wheels type.SFC Hudspeth (better known as sgt headspace) was captured at BATTAN and ended up in a Japanese POW camp in Yong Dong Po, KOREA. Once the platoon was set up in quarters in a factory in Yong Dong Po and the sergeant wanted to show me a local area. Seems that in a local building there was a bar and brothel where the JAP officers like to hang out. As part of the good will between the shop owner and the prostitutes with the Jap officers,a work detail was sent each day from the POW camp to scrub down the whore house.Headspace related that the owner hated G.I.s;beat them ,stood on thir heads and forced them down into the mess on the floor and generally berated them.The Japanese guards delighgted in this mistreatment and used their rifle butts to carry out the owners orders, When the U.S.Army arrived in Yong Dong Po,the internees were released. SFC Hudspeth spied immediately,a jeep with a five gallon jerry can full of gasoline. He immediately borrowed the gasoline and walked down to the whore house;poured it on and burned the bar. He was then arrested and charged with arson. The next day,charges were dropped. In a 24 hour period,Headspace had gone from POW to releasee,to arsonist,to arrest and charges.to a free man. He was a great platoon sergeant and taught me a lot. The men in the platoon knew better than cross him. One hard head was put in a six by six detail. A few hours later when headspace went to check op the digging,he found the soldier had taken a couple of refugees from the road and had them digging his punishment detail and worst,was holding a gun on the frightened refugees. I dont know what thae sergeant did to that kid but,when I went by the hole some time later,he was way deep in the ground and throwing dirt way up;all the time singing;my daddy died in the pen;Ill die in the pen. Headspace was one of those old soldiers who make young shavetails into soldiers. Probably not too many of them around today and it is a shame.

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633Engineer Co.

Comments: you haave a lot correct about the company;the location andother units nearby.We supported the engineer units in the I corp area to includethe English COMMONWEALTH Div,the TURKISH Brigade,the 1stMARINE Div,1st CAV Div,24th Div,25th Div and took up special projects to relieve troops when the 45th (thunderbird) Div.(Oklahoma National Guard)and the 40th (sunburst) (California Natiional Guard) came on line. A book could be written about this operation. We also supported the 1169th Combat Group Hq. a National Guard Unit from Alabama. Group was made up of the 1092nd Combat Engineer Bn.(West Virginia National Guard) 151 Combat Engineer Bn (Alabama National Guard) ,THE 14TH Combat Engineer Bn.(regular army). The 633 Engineer Light Equipment Company was regular army and was stationed at Ft.Lewis,Washington prior to being ordered to KOREA. During the retreat in April 1951,some of the equipment operators were so far forward that low boys could not get to them in time. Sgt Shultz walked and I mean walked a D-8 back from the 38th to Yong Dong PO. Every bolt was loose and the cat was almost a third echelon rebuild job but,the men pulled it back together and back to war. Shultz got a purple heart when his tracks "found" a landmine. Fortunately,he had on his steel helmet for he was working under a blown concrete bridge. He bounced off the underside of the bridge aand dented his helmet. A NOTE about the Norwegian MASH Hospital;the commander was one of,if not the best brain and head surgeons in Norway and his deputy was the best stomach surgeon in Sweden and the Nurses had an average of 20 years experience. One of my G.I.s went off his rocker and had the strength of a bull ox.It took 6 men to restrain him on a stretcher. I thought the nurses might get hurt when we took him in for sedation. Those nurses were strong and professional and got him under control in a minute.I do have a few photos of the men and our living conditions and some of the projects.

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Looking for others in my division

Comments: Seeking Other's who served in this unit from 1949-1950 @ Fort Lewis.

Keywords: Served from March 1949 - July 1950 @ fort Lewis washington.

633 eng.co.

Comments: My name is Jerry Finch I served in 633 from jan 54 to may 55 I was a grader operater and the maintance sgt. This is the first time I,ve been able to find the unit anyplace. Drop me a note, I would like to here from you.

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Comments: I was Company Clerk from April 1953-August,1954. Our Commanding Officers were: Capt. Miller, Beer, and Kelly. Much of our engineering equipment along with operator were sent to various units on TDY. We received a Meritorious Unit Citation for a system of hardening the roads during those terrible spring thaws and to keep down the dust during the hot summers. I would love to get in contact with as many 633ders as I can as I am writing a history of the unit. I NEED YOUR HELP!

Keywords: Telephone code name: Nicholson. A sign over the gate that read, "Through These Portals Pass the Heaviest Light Equipment in the World"

To anyone that has an interest.

Comments: Served with the unit and was with the 3rd Platoon from December 1950 to August 1951.

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Hey Gang!

Comments: I just thought that I would post this message so that anyone that was stationed w/me could write to me. I was stationed in Korea from Sept. 1950-Nov. 1951. Or to hear from anyone else would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Ken Campbell Gladwin Michigan grandpa9405@hotmail.com

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LOOKING FOR VETS AND REUNION

Comments: WAS WITH 633 ENG.LT.EQUIP CO FROM 1948 IN WASHINGTON STATE UNTIL LAST OF AUG 195O WENT TO KOREA STAYED THERE UNTIL LAST OF NOV 1951. ANYONE THERE DURING THAT TIME I WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT.

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