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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Korea 1968-1970 by Homer Williams


http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?89229-Request-Pics-Korea-May-61-Coup-D-etat

Hey, glad to be of help.
Hope your time in Korea was enjoyable situation notwithstanding.
Just some more pics I could find. Pics of that era are kinda hard to come by.
Hope these can help give your Grandson an idea of how the times were back then.


the then chairman of Supreme Nation Rebuilding Commitee Park Chung Hee
during a press conference after the coup


also Park sometime after the coup


After the coup, Korea was briefly under military rule and therefore all matters of justice were dealt by the military. This woman is being court-martialed for a petty crime. The baby just walked into the stand to hold the mother's hand. She was acquitted of all charges.


Even petty crimes were dealt with harshly by the military as a part of "purification" of the corrupt society.
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one of the major Korean newspaper, Hankook Ilbo's evening edition of 16 May, 1961. Says about Coup of the military.


5.16 memorial stamp


geez there aren't many pics on web... maybe i can search some video clips to get more pics.
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Originally Posted by daewon
Hey, glad to be of help.
Hope your time in Korea was enjoyable situation notwithstanding.
Just some more pics I could find. Pics of that era are kinda hard to come by.
Hope these can help give your Grandson an idea of how the times were back then.
Thank you very much. Being that I was in korea at the beginning of its rebirth after the war, on through its growing up, and seeing it prosper now, I guess Korea will always be part of me.

I was there 1960-61, 69-70, 78-79, and 81-82. Lots of memories, mostly good ones. I was near the DMZ on 3 of them.

For the youngers people that do not understand what the older Koreans went through following the war, here is a picture taken in 1961 in Seoul on the banks of the Han River.





This was taken in 1970 near the small village of Baekui-ri where I was in 1970, near the DMZ in the central area.





This is the same road last year, a few miles from the above picture. This is highway 37 north east of Seoul about 30 miles.











When I was there the first time, the road north from Seoul was a narrow 2 lane black top road with narrow gravel edges. When I was there in 82, it was 6 lanes, plus a turning lane .

The time that Park Chung Hee was the President is controversial, but with the condition Korea was in then, to what it was in the late 70s, I think he was the right man for the time.



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Gravel boat on Han River, 1968

The Han River was a major source of gravel and sand during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Although huge dredgers pulled the material out of the river, it was often transported to shore in small boats. The embankment in the background is for the Seoul-Kangweon rail line (경원선).

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tourlover (41 months ago | reply)
Kyungwon line(경원선) ran between Seoul and Wonsan in North Korea. Now its final destination in South Korea is Shintan-ri.
Anyhow this pic is so wonderfu and beautiful... thanks for sharing with us.
Great Capture of People in Seoul!
This deserves a SeoulAwardWinner.







Gravel boat on Han River anchoring to truck, 1968

Note that the boat's anchor has somehow been attached to the converted WWII vintage US military vehicle. The embankment in the far background is for the Seoul-Kangweon rail line (경원선).








Yeontan Delivery Truck, Seoul, 1968

Yeontan (연탄), a pressed anthracite briquette, was the primary heating and cooking fuel in Seoul for decades. Although locally produced and inexpensive, it was a major source of pollution. In the ondol (온돌) heating system, the heated exhaust from the yeontan, which included carbon monoxide, passed through ducts under the floor and could kill if the covering for the floor was not completely sealed. Modern ondol floors use steam or hot water, a safer, more efficient, and more even heating system.

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tourlover (41 months ago | reply)
Yeontan loaded on Kia Master, a 3-wheeler licensed from Mazda. Thanks for sharing this precious pic with us.





Loading Ice on a Bicycle, Seoul, 1968

A bicycle being loaded with ice for delivery. There were very few refrigerators in Korea at this time and electric power was still unreliable. The shop sign in the foreground, the Huajin Sanghoe (화진상회, I'm guessing the last two syllables), features both athletic and rubber shoes. Other signs are for a dentist and a billiard parlor.





Woman Carrying a Bucket on Her Head, Near Euijeongbu, 1968

Taken on the "back road" between Camp Mosier in Nambang-ni and Camp Red Cloud in Euijeongbu. Today, it would be part of Euijeongbu City. Most of Nambang-ni is now Nambang-dong in Yangju City.


Cutting Vegetation on Paddy Dykes, Near Euijeongbu, 1968

Man using a sickle to cut the vegetation on a dyke between rice paddies. The vegetation cut would often be fed to livestock.





Woman Carrying Brass-Colored Basin, Near Euijeongbu, 1968

Brass-colored utensils were common at this time. Note the pad in her hand for when she carries the basin or another load on her head.





Small Country Bus, Near Euijeongbu, 1968

My memory is that this bus ran between Nambang-ni and Euijeongbu.




Aerial View of Camp Mosier, 1970

Taken from a Huey medevac chopper. When I was stationed there in 1968, this compound was home to the 43rd SHMA (Surgical Hospital, Mobile Army--perhaps used to avoid the connotations of MASH, the popular acronym) and a chemical company. The 567th Ambulance Company occupied a separate compound on a hill to the left of this picture.




Artillery Demonstration, Korea, 1970

Demonstration of artillery using "bomblets" to counter heavy troop concentrations. I was there as part of a medevac team in case there were any injuries (there weren't). I believe the artillery pieces in the background are 8" self-propelled guns, placed there as part of the show for the many generals attending. The troop concentrations were simulated by balloons in the target area. The fire came from guns too far distant to see.





Wooden Footbridge Near Nambang-ni, 1968

Footbridge over the Chungnang Stream (중랑천) roughly at the today's boundary of Eujeongbu and Yangju Cities. Temporary footbridges like this were common during the low water seasons. The high peak in the far background is Bulgoksan (불곡산).






Man in Traditional Dress & Straw Hat, 1968

This man put on a very dignified pose for this picture. The location is now in the northern part of Euijeongbu (의정부), much of which is now medium-rise apartments.





Cheonggyecheon Housing, 1968

This was some of the worst housing in Seoul in 1968. The picture was taken somewhere in Seongdong-gu (성동구).



UH-1H Medevac, Korea, 1970

This was one of the helicopters I flew on during my time at the 377th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) during 1969 and 1970. When I arrived, the most advanced machine was the UH-1B with an auxiliary fuel tank under the litters, which limited the capacity to 2 stretchers and created a major safety hazard. The UH-1H could accommodate 6 litters, although ours were generally rigged for 3. The yellow vertical stripes (3, 1 over the engine housing) were required for entry into the DMZ. Although the 377th was based in Bupyeong, I'm not sure where this picture was taken.





UH-1H Medevac, Korea, 1970

This was one of the helicopters I flew on during my time at the 377th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) during 1969 and 1970. When I arrived, the most advanced machine was the UH-1B with an auxiliary fuel tank under the litters, which limited the capacity to 2 stretchers and created a major safety hazard. The UH-1H could accommodate 6 litters, although ours were generally rigged for 3. The yellow vertical stripes (3, 1 over the engine housing) were required for entry into the DMZ. Although the 377th was based in Bupyeong, I'm not sure where this picture was taken.





Seoul Housing in Geumho-dong, 1969
금호동(金湖洞)

Because of rapid population growth and the destruction caused by the Korean War, housing in Seoul was chronically short until the 1990s. Cinder-block houses with a roof of tar-paper, tile, or some other material was dominated this part of Seongdong-gu. The houses in the foreground of this picture would have been at the low end of the economic scale. As near as I can tell, my vantage point today would be in the middle of the Daewoo Apartment complex.





Casting Fishing Net on Jungnang-cheon, 1968

This is one of two pictures showing net fishing on Jungnang-cheon in Seoul in 1968. I had the good luck to snap the picture while the fisherman was casting his net. I believe the houses in the back are in what is now the Haengdang area of Seongdong-gu.






Casting Fishing Net on Jungnang-cheon, 1968
중랑천

This is one of two pictures showing net fishing on Jungnang-cheon in Seoul in 1968. In this picture the fisherman seems to be gathering in his net. I believe the houses in the back are in what is now the Haengdang area of Seongdong-gu.





2 Boys Above Dashin-no, Seoul, 1968

2 boys pose in front of what would be relatively prosperous cinder block houses in what now is probably Namsan Town in Shindang-dong, Seoul. The main road in the background is Dashin-no.


Hillside Lane, Seoul, 1968

Note the young woman carrying water buckets, the boy carrying a box of frozen treats, and the old man in the background in traditional Korean pants and what appears to be a short-sleeve white shirt.


Housing Above Dashin-no, Seoul, 1968

This is relatively prosperous hillside housing in Seoul in 1968. Most of the houses have tile roofs. This picture seems to have been taken from where Namsan Town is now.



Watch Repair, Seoul, 1969

This picture was taken in available light through the window of the shop the jeweler was working in. The shop was often little more than a glassed in cubicle in a larger shop.





Ice Skating on the Han River, 1969

Boy on a traditional ice-skate, a board with a metal runner attached propelled by two poles.

(mochi thinking)
japan had advised annex korea not to cut woods beyond necessity on many occasions.
but korean people became cutting woods as soon as japan leaving.
seen the photos,i can see all of naked mountains.
Thus,Seoul has been haven much floods easily....
the ideal of river improvement...it might be concerned with religion.
korean flood-control is poor than japan.

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