I had not been on site every long, maybe it was between Christmas and New Years, when SFC Summerville and I were requested to attend a Site Chiefs meeting in Seoul. I do not recall much about the trip but it is about 7 hrs from the site to Seoul. Then it was not a comfortable ride on a highway although later in 1970 a highway from Seoul to Pusan would be constructed with funds from the Ford Company. I do remember visiting my classmates from Ft Monmouth radio school Bruce Boynton from Campbell Hall, NY, and David Hanala from Butte, MT. as they were stationed in Seoul at Youngsan Compound.

Site Chief SFC Summerville and I were back on site for New Years after our Site Chiefs meeting in Seoul. We had a nice party together but it was small and low key compared to parties on the other site that I had been stationed. Then again there were only 4 radiomen, the site chief and myself on Tacoma Site. The Korean staff was the real operators of the site and included Mr. U. Young Im our electronic technician who could do and did everything. I appreciate everything he did for me, for everyone on site and the Army. I miss him and wish I could have done more to help his career or his family immigrate to the United States. I hope some day he will read this and we will be able to visit again, thank you Mr. Im.

Another part of life on an isolated radio site was the site dogs. They were great companions and provided extra security. Most fellows had been raised with some type of dog during their up bring so they enjoyed having dogs around. I do not know when they stopped using military sentry dogs on the sites but most sites ended up having their own menagerie of mutts. We had litters of puppies many times a year so the pack was always changing or getting bigger. We would also give the puppies away to other outfits as we did not want the dogs to end up on a Korean dinner plate. Some names of the dogs were Spaghetti, Meatballs, Binjo and Peace. I wonder if the troops still keep dogs on site.