Sometime In The Spring Of 1952, They Thought The North Koreans Were
Going To Make A May Day Push (A World Holiday Of Some Kind). They
Ordered A Group Of Us To Go South Of Seoul Around 75 Miles and
Set-Up A Mountain Top Station As They Expected The Enemy to Make
A Push South And Recapture The Capitol Of Seoul And More. Anyway,
When We Reached The Bottom Of This Mountain We Had To Climb It
On Foot (As Usual). The First Day, With Koreans Helping Us, We
Hauled Up Equipment And Tents. The Distance Must Have Been About
5 Miles. That Night A Terrific Storm Came In. It First Started To Rain.
About Two Hours Later It Started To Blow. Before The Night Was Over,
We Were Hanging On For Dear Life To A Piece Of Tarp Over Us (There
Were Around Eight Of Us Up There). When Morning Came And The Long
Night Was Over, We Looked Around And Saw Total Destruction. Most
Everything We Had Hauled Up There Was Gone. We Got A Radio Going
And Contacted The Base Station. They Said They Would Start Sending Up
More Equipment. We Said We Needed Food, Not Equipment, And A Big
Argument Ensued. Anyway, After Much Arguing They Did Send Us Food.
We Were Told Later What Went Through Was A Typhoon.

Top Of Mountain

Nice Hilton Hotel At Top Of Mountain
Blew Away During The Night

Sgt. Powell Taking A Break With Good C
Or K Rations

Our Radio Equipment And My Cot