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606Th Ac And W Kangnung Korea

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Entry Name	Last Message
FRED WASSERMANN	February 20, 2019
ROBERT PROVO	January 8, 2019
FERMIN F. TORRES	April 15, 2018
JOE SINGLETON	March 20, 2018
HERBERT DUNMEYER	February 26, 2018
RICHARD COSKI	February 10, 2018
CLYDE HALL	June 15, 2017
ROBERT SADLER	December 3, 2016
ARTHUR HUDSON	July 4, 2014
CHARLES HERRING	May 30, 2013
REX BROOKS	October 4, 2008
CARL JOHNSON	June 1, 2005

Entry: 7762

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

FRED WASSERMANN wrote on February 20, 2019

San Diego CA

Comments:

I was the a "Scope Dope" for a few months then an aircraft controller on the
hill "Old Smokey" just 10 or so miles north of Kimpo from Aug.1951 to Aug.
1952. It was one of the times of my life that I am very proud of. We
assisted many aircraft vectoring them in to their assigned targets, including
bringing F86s to intercepts and downing of Chinese MIG 15s. Also guided air
cover and rescue aircraft and choppers to downed pilots. That was rewarding
as all hell. Proud moments as General Mattis used to say, were getting "Shot
at and missed" a number of times.

Entry: 7708

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

ROBERT PROVO wrote on January 8, 2019

gulfport MS

Comments:

.I was with 606 from 1951too 1952 moved north from south we set up the site

Entry: 7462

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

FERMIN F. TORRES wrote on April 15, 2018

Las Cruces New Mexico

Comments:

Was in the 606th from Jan through Dec 1955.

Went in as a boy, came out as a man.

Went home a year later and I thought everything had
changed and it didn't me long to discover that it was me
that had changed.

I stay in Air Force for 22 years and retired in 1976.and
served mostly on SAC bases in the USA, North Africa,
Alaska, Spain and England plus a tour in Vietnam, 1968.

But the tour with the 606th was special. It changed my
life. It was a hell of an adventure. I wouldn't change
a minute of it. At 83 years of age I now tell my great-
grand stories of those times.

Entry: 7447

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

JOE SINGLETON wrote on March 20, 2018

Birmingham AL

Comments:

I was in the 608th AC&W Sqdn, then 606th from about Mar 54
until Jan 55. I was on the mountain at Topkick Alpha for two
or three months during that time. I was a radio operator.
Whitney Reed was with me on first assignment. Reed was all
armed forces champion in tennis.

Entry: 7430

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

HERBERT DUNMEYER wrote on February 26, 2018

San francisco California

Comments:

Served here from September 1955 through August 1956. Remember our
base being challenged by Kangnung citizens to baseball game in
Kangnung on July 4, 1956. Can!t remember who won the game!

Surely a surprise to learn Winter Olympic, 2018, was located where I
served with USAF 62 year!s ago.

Entry: 7406

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

RICHARD COSKI wrote on February 10, 2018

Ashtabula Ohio

Comments:

I thought at first that 606th was a typo because I was
stationed on Huang-Byang-San (phonetic, of course) with the
608th AC&W Detachment 4 from October 1953 to October 1954.
Brrrr! Going down to K-18 was a rough ride from our outpost
down the mountain road into Kangnung. I have a bunch of B&W
and Kodak color pictures I took while stationed in that
area. Lots of memories. Some good, some could be better.
But I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

It was a particularly trying time for our parents, however,
because my older brother Ben was stationed with the USN
down in Pusan, while my younger brother John was stationed
with me in the same 608th detachment. All three of us in
Korea at the same time, since the Sullivan Act didn't apply
to the U.N. Police Action in Korea. Things have obviously
changed.

Entry: 7259

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

CLYDE HALL wrote on June 15, 2017

Warrenton Virginia

Comments:

Was at K-18 March 55 to Mar 56. Was in the Air Police and guarded the
Radar site with the K-9 unit. Very cold winter. Friends included : Don White,
George Pryor, David Adair, Cato Hardy. One good R&R to Tokyo. Went to
AFB in Japan to train with K-9 's. Great experience. Pryor, White and
myself came back to Andrews,AFB where we got Discharged. We are still
friends today and keep in frequent contact.

Entry: 7096

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

ROBERT SADLER wrote on December 3, 2016

Chicago Il.

Comments:

I was at k-18 from Dec. 1956 till Jan. 1958. Would like to hear from
someone from the same period.

Entry: 6594

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

ARTHUR HUDSON wrote on July 4, 2014

albemarle, nc

Comments:

i was at kangnung 1953-54 in det2 6146yh air advisory gp.
alhudsonjr@yahoo.com

Entry: 6343

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

CHARLES HERRING wrote on May 30, 2013

Murfreesboro TN

Comments:

I was with the 606th AC&W in Korea from Sept 1950 until
June 1951. We were not at any given place for long during
that period. We ranged from Pusan all the way up to Anju
and Sinanju on the west side. We were 65 miles south of the
Chinese border when the Peoples Army entered the war in
November of 1950. Ouch!!!

Entry: 4448

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

REX BROOKS wrote on October 4, 2008

Comments:

I was stationed at K-18 Feb55-Mar56 with the 606th All
Confused and Worried SQ. It was one hell of a place for
a 17 year old. I believe the Sq. moved from Kangnung to
Germany a couple years later.

Entry: 3042

606TH AC AND W KANGNUNG KOREA

CARL JOHNSON wrote on June 1, 2005

Comments:

i served in the 608th ac and w sqdn. in korea from august 1952 to august 1953. we were located on a mountain top near kangnung k18 on the east coast.
was the 606th ac and w based in kangnung in 1955?
perhaps the 608th was deactivated by then?

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