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| Current Message 1 - February 13, 2008 |
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Entry: 64277
1st SHORAN Beacon Sqdn |
like yesterday |
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paul voellings wrote on 2008-02-13 09:26:05.0
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Keywords: I'd like to go another round with, "Hammering Herm". I know most of the men you have listed.
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| Current Message 2 - January 10, 2007 |
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Entry: 59542
1st SHORAN Beacon Sqdn |
1sr shoran beacon sqd 1957-48 |
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CHARLES ADAMS wrote on 2007-01-10 12:48:27.0
Comments: LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO WAS IN THE 1ST SHORAN BEACON 1955-1960
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| Current Message 3 - April 5, 2006 |
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Entry: 56549
1st SHORAN Beacon Sqdn |
Looking for Det 7, K-53 ,members 1958-59 |
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Robert Baird wrote on 2006-04-05 16:12:16.0
Comments: Served 1958-59 at K-53. Although the "Police Action" was over there was still a lot going on during this time frame, from MiG's attempting to intercept low level B-57's ( and over flying the island at one point) to ROKMC Raiders operating against the North. I was a 30333A Auto Track spec, looking foreward to hearing from anyone that was at the site then.
Keywords: 1st Shoran Beacon Squadron
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| Current Message 4 - August 8, 2005 |
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Entry: 52501
1st SHORAN Beacon Sqdn |
shoran repairmen |
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Donald Gutowski wrote on 2005-08-08 00:00:00.0
Comments: I was seeking information on sewveral of my fellow Shoran repairmen who served in Korea in 1952-53.Their names are William Holman (Oshkosh, WI) Jim Baxter (Brooklyn, NY.) Arlen Duffy (Redwood City, CA) Donnie Eichler (Little Rock, AR) George Giblin (NC) Gene Harnetty (Junction City, OH) Wesley Dodge (OR) John E. Bennett (Elizabeth, TN) Robert Case (Joplin, MO) Fritz Schroeder (Woodstock, NY) They may have been members of the 1st Beacon Squadron.
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In August 1950 the 1st Shoran Beacon Unit moved to Japan from the United States, and by October 1 had moved to South Korea. It broadcast short range navigation (Shoran) signals from ground sites to guide 3rd Bombardment Group B-26s and 162nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron RB-26s on night missions over targets in Korea.
The first two sites in South Korea were too far away from the bomb line to be effective. In November the unit set up two new sites at Wonsan and Pyongyang in North Korea, but mountains around the Wonsan site interfered with its signals, and a Communist Chinese offensive soon forced evacuation of both sites.
Two new beacon sites set up in South Korea in December demonstrated the inadequacy of the unit's equipment. That and the continued advance of enemy troops forced the 1st Shoran Beacon Unit to move temporarily back to Japan at the end of the year, where it recalibrated and refurbished its equipment.
In early 1951, it returned to South Korea and set up Shoran beacon sites at several locations, some of which it had to defend periodically against enemy guerilla assaults.
During the year, the unit established four sites, two on islands off the coast of Korea and two on mountain tops just south of the 38th parallel. It also maintained other sites in Japan and Okinawa to train aircrews in Shoran operations. Redesignated the 1st Shoran Beacon Squadron in February 1952, the unit provided electronic signals that guided 3rd Bombardment Group B-26 bombardment missions until the armistice in mid-1953.
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