On Sun, 30 Nov 1997 "JERRY L. BREWER" E-mail wrote: I was drafted in March 1951 and sent to Camp Stewart Ga. to help bring a National Guard unit to oerational strength, The 238th AAA Gn Bn of New London Ct. We shipped out from Ft. Lawton Washington bound for Korea in the fall of 1951. While in Transit our orders were changed and we were dropped off at Yokohama, for no stated reason. Years later I learned this coincided with a command decision to bring only units to Korea that were fully mobile. We were equipped with 90mmM1A1 guns that were only semi-moble at best. Since all of the AAA units which reached Korea were equiped with 90mmMk2 guns, We were picked because of our state of readiness. I surmise that someone didn't check the 238th out before the shipping order was written. After laying around Camp Zama for a few weeks we were sent south to Itazuke Air base near Fukuoka. The four Batterys set up a perimeter defense screen around the air base. I was in Battery B which was about seven miles from Itazuke right on the shore of Hakata Bay. We were operational during the entire war but obviously we were never in harms way. We were attached to the Air Force who fed and clothed us. We were surounded by numerous other rear echelon units. We were an exellent unit to be inspected when the brass had nothing else to do. Jerry L. Brewer 705 Carnation Dr. Richardson Tx 75082 972-918-9785 business: 972-475-2045 Email; jlbrewer@gte:net