Next was the 2/31 Infantry, which moved from Camp Kaiser to Happy Valley in Jan 1965. The 2/31 Infantry remained in Happy Valley till 1971 when the 7th Infantry Division was Deactivated.
On Feb 15th 1971, the 1-72 Armor moved into what was renamed Dragon Valley when the 2nd ID took over Camp Casey.
When I arrived in September 1960, our Quonset Huts had plywood floors. I remember each Squad removing the plywood floors, and mixing our own cement, and redoing the floors. It sure made things better. The rats could not chew through the cement. :) I remember my Squad Leader was Cpl Ortez, or Ortega, and my Plt Sgt was SFC Robinson, who loved Vat69 Scotch and milk, but I have no idea what I had for Lunch yesterday.
In 1960 A Company 17th Trans Bn had M211 2 1/2 ton trucks, while B and C Company had M75 APC. These were all used to provide transportation to the 7th Inf Division units. Some time in 1961, the M75's were replaced with the new M113 APC's.
The 2/31st Inf moved from Camp Kaiser to Happy Valley, on Camp Casey,
in Jan 1965. These were taken in 1967. In April 1971, the 2/31 Inf
departed Korea with there parent unit, the 7th Inf Division
The 1st Bn 72nd Armor moved into Happy Valley on Feb 15th 1971, after the
2/31 departed when the 7th Inf Div was Deactivated
This is the only building remaining from A Co
17th Trans. It was built in 1959. When I was there
in 1960, the 1st and 2nd Plt were in it, and the rest
of the troops were in Quonset Huts. I was in the 4th Plt, so yea,
I was in one of Quonsets. :(
"Stairway To Heaven". This is a short cut from the Battalion area, down behind
the Motor Pool, going along Do Do Creek to the road by the Gym.
It sure would of been nice back in the 60s and 70s. We had to walk
all the way out of the valley, across the bridge, past the fueling
point, and down the road past the motor pool to the gym.
I am trying to restore a few pages, and could use some help. Several years ago I ran out of server space, and put some photos on a "free" site. Well after a year or so, they shut it down, and photos lost.
I am trying to redo those, and hope someone that is there
now could take a few, or if you have photos of these areas,
and email to me so I can re-add them? The arrows indicate
desired direction of photos.
While I was in Korea the 1st time in 60-61 at Camp Casey, we had a Brutal Winter. We were in the non insulated Quonset Huts with the diesel heaters, and had a small half walled room at the end for our Squad Leader.
During a extreme cold snap of several days of -20 day time highs, we had a very hard time staying warm at night, and with the heaters turned up full, we all still slept in our sleeping bags. Each morning our Squad leader would come out and holler Rise and Shine... On this one morning he came out trying to holler, but nobody could understand him. We all knew what he was trying to say, so started getting up.
A few minutes latter, he came back out of his room holding a glass with his false teeth in it, frozen. He didn't seem to like our laughter. The Quonset was very cold, but with his room blocking some of the heat, and more cold coming in around his window, his area was extra cold.
The next few nights he moved his bunk out into the Squad area.
We latter learned that we could add a quart of gas to 5 gallons of diesel , and it would increase the heat output greatly, plus prevent it from sooting up. The Memories. :)
