Robert Richards on the Beason helicopter pad in Summer 1961. I arrived at the US Army Base in Seoul Korea in late summer 1960 and was assigned to the 581st Signal Company. The 581st was reactivated in Spring 1960 to set up radio relay sites in South Korea for defense purposes. There were 10-11 of us assigned to Tacoma Site #10 and I was named site chief. We and the other site teams assembled gear over several weeks and all teams departed one morning in October from Seoul to our respective sites. Our team included a 2 1/2 truck, a 3/4 truck, water trailers, communication gear, fuel, and food. Tacoma Site #10 was about 20-30 miles east of Kunsan on a high hilltop. On arrival we found two Quonset huts and generators. We were the first ones there except for engineers who had cleared the hilltop and built the huts. Hi-Res Pic (122K)