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Entry Name	Last Message
WILLIAM L BANDY	July 23, 2017
RAYANDCAROL1953@YAHOO.COM HENSON	January 30, 2017
BOB JUSTUS	May 30, 2013
WILLIE PROCTOR	October 8, 2012
BOB MEJIA	September 25, 2012
DAVID SMITH	July 15, 2012
VIC DEWINDT	June 26, 2010
VIC DEWINDT	June 26, 2010
DICK RISSER	February 9, 2009
PAT SOUDERS	September 16, 2006
RICHARD A. (DICK) PROULX	March 4, 2005
ED MOYNAGH	March 1, 2005
GENE NEWMAN	March 19, 2000

Entry: 7287

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WILLIAM L BANDY wrote on July 23, 2017

Acworth GA

Comments:

Served in 3rd Bomb Wing Maintenance Squadron from Dec 1958
to Nov 1960.

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RAYANDCAROL1953@YAHOO.COM HENSON wrote on January 30, 2017

pigeon forge tennessee

Comments:

I was stationed at iwakuni japan in1951 when our entire
only remember base was ordered to k-8 in kunsan korea. I was
in the supply squadron. I remember few men such as Harry
Frederick from northern Ohio. A staff sarg that worked in
the orderly room form Spokane Wa or Boise Id. Then maybe
aother man by tha name of McNabb. Coldest winter ever. If
you remember me would love to hear from you.

Entry: 6332

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BOB JUSTUS wrote on May 30, 2013

Clarkesville Georgia

Comments:

I was assigned to 3rd Bomb Group Hqs, Kunsan, Korea (K-8)
from Aug. 1952 to Aug. 1953. Having learned typing and
business admin in high school and junior college I became
clerk maintaining files, classified files, and typing for
the Group Commander, First Sergeant, etc. Col. Sherman R.
Beaty was CO of the group at first. On a night flight over
North Korea he and his crew were lost. After the Armistice
they were declared dead. Col. Beaty was a fine, good
looking man and always kind to me and others working for
him. He led by example and paid the full price, he and his
crew. I did his typing and kept files, also fresh coffee at
all times. A Korean boy swept and did odd jobs. He was nice
and friendly but suddenly disappeared, some say for
suspicion of being a spy. The three squadrons 8th, 13th and
90th, flew B-26 Night Intruders, both hard nose and soft
(navigator) nose planes. Winters were bitter cold with
blizzards out of Siberia. Our Quonset hut and pot belly
stove, fuel oil equipped, and sleeping bags kept us warm.

Entry: 6200

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WILLIE PROCTOR wrote on October 8, 2012

Fremont North Crolina

Comments:

I was stationed at Kunsan with the Air Police (Law
Enforcement) from November 1962 untill March 1963. Was on
P.Y. Do (The Rock) prior to transferring to Kunsan. I
remember the old B-57s well at the base very well.

Entry: 6192

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BOB MEJIA wrote on September 25, 2012

Missouri City TX

Comments:

i was at k-8 outside of kunsan from august 1952 to july
1953 in the 3rd supply squadron and worked in the munitions
area known as the 'bomb dump'. we received, prepared,
delivered ammunition, bombs, and rockets to all fighter and
bomber squadrons

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DAVID SMITH wrote on July 15, 2012

Wabasha Minnesota

Comments:

I served with the 3rd Medical Gp.,from January to December
of 1952,mostly as a medic and ambulance driver on the
crash line.

Entry: 4658

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VIC DEWINDT wrote on June 26, 2010

Comments:

i am get'n kind of old, but i was at afkn kunsan then and remember the quinset-huts we lived in. we were u.s.a.f but worked under blanket orders from the army. remember?
are there any of you 'other' afkn'ers left???? (probably not...) sine today i

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DICK RISSER wrote on February 9, 2009

Comments:

I was stationed at Johnson AFB Feb 55-June 56 with the
3rd Bomb Sqdn 8th AF. did TDY at K-8 Feb-Mar 55 when
Formosa was hot to cover ChangKichek when the Chinese
Comunists were thretening to bomb him there.
Our B-26s had been in service in the Philipenes since
the latter part of WW2 and had been stationed at K-8
until the Third bomb Grp was transfered to Johnson AFB
Japan. One story told to me was of the squadron's Co
had lost his B-26 in the bay there at K-8 due to engine failure on his approach. The thing I remember most about
S Korea was that it was the coldest place I had ever been stationed in my eight years in the AF. Met a lot of good guys who had served there at K-8 and Johnson AB.
I served as a crewchief on one of those B-26s.

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PAT SOUDERS wrote on September 16, 2006

Comments:

for lots of k-8 info, go to: http://kalaniosullivan.com/kunsanab/otherunits/howitwasb.html
if you only have dial-up takes a while due to lots of pix. well worthwhile tho. pat

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RICHARD A. (DICK) PROULX wrote on March 4, 2005

Comments:

i was at k-8 jul 52/jun 53 assigned to the 3rd abgp hqs. and 3rd aio sq.

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ED MOYNAGH wrote on March 1, 2005

Comments:

Saw your posting on the KWP Site, I was in the 3rd 731st / 90th Bomb Sqdn Oct 1950 May 1952.

Ed Moynagh USAF Ret.

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GENE NEWMAN wrote on March 19, 2000

Comments:

i was in the crypto section of the 3rd comm. sqdn for a year beginning in march of 1952. i'd be interested in other's memories of the bomb dump explosions (reportedly sabotage) and of the typhoon that had everyone in k8 heading for the hills to avoid the

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