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| Current Message 1 - October 6, 2007 |
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Entry: 62515
6401st Field Maintenance Sqdn (Retrievers) |
Photos of 6401st 1953-1953 |
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Michael Burzesi wrote on 2007-10-06 17:36:31.0
Comments: I have uploaded over 80 photos from the 6401st in and around Kimpo. Available for public viewing at http://picasaweb.google.com/mburzesi/Korea6401stFieldMaintenanceSquadron
Keywords: 6401st
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| Current Message 2 - June 2, 2005 |
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Entry: 51294
6401st Field Maintenance Sqdn (Retrievers) |
6401st info requested |
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Sean Casey wrote on 2005-06-02 00:00:00.0
Comments: Maj. Vincent E. Casey was my father. I understand from his records that he was the CO of the 6401st FMS from 9 Dec 52 to 24 Sep 53. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who served with him. I am particulary interested in stories and information about what the unit did in Korea. I am currently writing Vince's biography.
I would also be happy to host a web site about the unit, if anyone is interested in helping with that.
Vince continued to serve in the Wyoming Air National Guard and the USAF after Korea. He retired with the rank of Lt.Col. on 15 May 64. I am sorry to report that he passed away on 29 Sep 68.
Keywords: Vince Casey
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| Current Message 3 - May 14, 2005 |
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Entry: 50846
6401st Field Maintenance Sqdn (Retrievers) |
Looking for Carlton Bostleman |
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Emil Madsen wrote on 2005-05-14 00:00:00.0
Comments: Looking for Carlton Bostleman who had the bunk next to me in Korea. Also interested in hearing from any members of the 6401st.
Keywords: Manny, K-14, 1953
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| Current Message 4 - April 25, 2005 |
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Entry: 50388
6401st Field Maintenance Sqdn (Retrievers) |
6401st Field Maintenance Squadron |
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Ernest Beecham wrote on 2005-04-25 13:11:13.0
Comments: The 6401st Field Maintenance Squadron was part of the Far East Air Material Command (FEAMCOM) based in Tachikawa AFB Japan. I was assigned there in Aug 1950 as an aircraft maintenance technician. In May 1951, I voluntered and was reassigned to the 6401st in Korea, first briefly based in Taegu then relocated to Suwon. A couple of months later the squadron was transfered to Kimpo (K14) near Seoul where it became permanently based.
The 6401st was essentially a salvage and reclamation unit whose mission was to reclaim aircraft that went down away from their home bases. Aircraft that went down at their home bases were reclaimed by their own units. Reclamation of an aircraft fell into primarily three categories. First, if an aircraft could be repaired in the field we did so. It was then picked up by a crew from its home base. Second, sometimes it could be repaired and returned to flight status but was beyond our limited capabilities. We then made temporary repairs for a onetime flight back to FEACOM's overhaul facilities at Tachikawa AFB. The aircraft was usually flown there with the landing gear fixed in the down position. Third, if the aircraft was beyond repair, we salvaged all sensitive equipment (electronics, weapons, etc) and any good parts that were in short supply. The rest of the bird was then cut up and hauled to a nearby salvage yard.
At K-14 we were located off the main base in an area surrounded by barbed wire and patrolled by Korean soldiers being given a rest from frontline duty. We called ourselves the FEAMCOM Retrievers. The entrance to our compound showed a picture of a bird dog with a bird in its mouth. Some of my squadron mates wore a patch depicting the same.
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| Current Message 5 - December 28, 2004 |
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Entry: 47772
6401st Field Maintenance Sqdn (Retrievers) |
6401 Field Maintenance Sqadron (Retrievers) |
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David Sanne wrote on 2004-12-28 15:15:24.0
Comments: My father Kenneth Sanne served with the 6401st FMS (Retrievers) in Kimpo AFB, Korea between 1952 and 1953. If you have any additional information about the Retrievers or its members please contact David Sanne @ 847 734 1000 or via email: dsanne@cargoselect.com
Thank you,
David Sanne
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| Current Message 6 - June 14, 2004 |
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Entry: 43799
6401st Field Maintenance Sqdn (Retrievers) |
Change of e mail address |
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Michael Burzesi wrote on 2004-06-14 19:29:00.0
Comments: I am listed in a few messages above concerning The 6401 FMS" home of the retrievers"This is my new e mail address (mburzesi@optonline.net Thanks Mike Burzesi
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| Current Message 7 - June 30, 2003 |
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Entry: 35186
6401st Field Maintenance Sqdn (Retrievers) |
6400 Field Maintenance Unit |
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William (Bill) Harchelroad wrote on 2003-06-30 20:24:18.0
Comments: served with 6400th FMU at K-2, Taegu, from August 1950 thru May 1951. A/C mechanic recovering and/or destroying downed United Nations aircraft. would like to hear from personnel that served in this small outfit. rotated back to Tachikawa Air Force Base in Japan.
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| Current Message 8 - June 29, 2003 |
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Entry: 35163
6401st Field Maintenance Sqdn (Retrievers) |
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Howard Schneider wrote on 2003-06-29 21:20:03.0
Comments: I was assigned to K-14 (Kimpo) from November 1951 to November 1952 with the 6401st Field Maintenance Squadron and would love to correspond with anyone else who served there. Hopefully I can hear from some long lost pals.
Keywords: Kimpo, K14
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| Current Message 9 - May 25, 2003 |
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Entry: 34394
6401st Field Maintenance Sqdn (Retrievers) |
6401 Field Maint.Sqdn. |
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Michael Burzesi wrote on 2003-05-25 22:31:42.0
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| Current Message 10 - October 20, 2001 |
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Entry: 20045
6401st Field Maintenance Sqdn (Retrievers) |
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Michael Burzesi wrote on 2001-10-20 08:01:52.0
Comments: Would like to get in touch with other memebers of the 6401.
Keywords: 6401 kimpo retrievers field maintenance 1953
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6401st Field Maintenance Sqdn
My name is Michael Burzesi and was with the 6401st Field Maintenance
Squadron 75th Maintenance Group, Air Force, stationed in Kimpo Air Force
Base, Seoul, Korea in 1953-1954. Squadron nickname was "Home of the
Retrievers".
I'm new to the Internet and probably can't host a web site yet but I'm
hoping to find other members of the Squadron. Here are some members of
the squadron.
O'Brien, James
Trimble, Garland E.
Williams, Claude
Killian, Ronald
Eggleston, Jack B.
Gorski, Ronald
Smith, Raymond E.
Casey, Vincent E. (CO)
Meyerowitz, Robert
Johnson, Fredrick
Let me know what I can do to help gather info on my squadron and get in
touch with other members.
Sincerely,
Michael Burzesi Email address
1951-52
From: William Barcroft Email address
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 7:09 PM
Subject: 6401 Field Maintenance Squadron
Looking for information of members of this squadron stationed at Kimpo
AB during period of Nov. 1951 - Oct.1952. I was assigned to this outfit
but have not been able to find even a reference of it on the internet.
Hope you can be of help. Thanks!
William P. Barcroft, SMSGT . Retired - Air National Guard - State of
Colorado
Charles W. Mussatti
From: Daniel Mussatti Email address
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 1997 4:50 AM
Subject: The Retrievers
My father was an Air Force "Retriever" in the Korean War. He was with
the sheet metal shop and part of his job was to go to crash sites and
either patch and fly or strip and destroy downed American aircraft. He
was in Korea in '52-'53. He wore a round 4"-5" diameter patch on his
jacket that had a black lab in the center with a crippled B Bomber where
the duck/pheasant should have been. I don't know a lot about my father's
military career because he didn't talk much about the War, but from the
bits and pieces I put together over the years, he and a small group of
other Retrievers were trapped on an island for a hell of a long time
without food. Every time we tried to rescue them, the unfriendlies would
force them away. It finally took the Missouri to get them off the
island.
I would like to know more about the Retrievers and what my father did. I
would also like to know what those medals were that I saw when I was a
kid. (We lost everything in a flood in '67 - just about the time I was
getting old enough to pay attention to details - so I don't have them
any more.) Could you help? My father is Charles W. Mussatti.
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