Which Camp Garry Owen were you assigned to: Yong Ju Gol or Song Ju Ri?

SGT Thomas Lucken — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:59:38 -0400

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 9 at 2014 3:11 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 03:11:43 -0400

Is that in Korea?

Response by SSG Terry Back (Martin-Back) made Apr 9 at 2014 2:06 PM

SSG Terry Back (Martin-Back) — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:06:06 -0400

I was at Yong Ju Gol, (actually Tajipo) 88-89 when it was 5/17 Cav... had just converted from the 7th Cav.

Response by SSG Terry Back (Martin-Back) made Apr 10 at 2014 7:12 AM

SSG Terry Back (Martin-Back) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 07:12:50 -0400

love the pic with the Cav shirt! Still have mine, still fits;)

Response by SGT Thomas Lucken made Apr 10 at 2014 8:20 PM

SGT Thomas Lucken — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 20:20:18 -0400

By the way, I was Yong Ju Gol, twice! ;-) Song Ju Ri, was Garry Owen #2 which was the old Camp Pelham. The Yong Ju Gol was actually Camp Rice and change to Garry Owen, sometime in the 70s.

4-7 Cav moved to Hovey around 2004/5 and been stuck there 10 years. Tokori out the back gate! ;-)

Response by SFC William Swartz Jr made Apr 13 at 2014 10:08 AM

SFC William Swartz Jr — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:08:28 -0400

I was at Song Ju Ri, '98-'99 Apache & Bulldog Troops; have my CAV shirt as well, but do not think it fits too well anymore lol

Response by CPL Barry Kooda made Jan 15 at 2015 2:13 PM

CPL Barry Kooda — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 14:13:57 -0500

Camp Stanton/ Stanton Army Airfield Tajipo/ Yon Ju Gol/ Munsan area Redeye Unit Headquarters Company 4th/7th/ 2nd DIV '72-'73

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 6 at 2015 8:25 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 20:25:12 -0500

Good ol' song ju ri. All of three bars and a cell phone shop. I loved how they would always burn their trash upwind of us right before a pt test. Still better than greaves though.

Response by SGT Thomas Lucken made Apr 5 at 2015 9:56 AM

SGT Thomas Lucken — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 09:56:11 -0400

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T64GuChJlvM

1988 5-17 Cav - Camps Garry Owen and Mobile.

1988, 5-17 Cav took over as 4-7 Cav. With a new reorganized Air Cav at Camp Mobile/H220. HHT and A Troop were still at Garry Owen.

Response by SGT Michael Leahey made Apr 6 at 2015 10:06 AM

SGT Michael Leahey — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:06:57 -0400

I was in Yong Ju Gol at Gary Owen 1 from April 1986 until May 1987 A trp 4/7

Response by SSG Michael Sunderlin made Aug 26 at 2015 4:19 PM

SSG Michael Sunderlin — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:19:06 -0400

Yong Ju Gol (Camp Rice) 1977-1978 A-Troop (Ground Cav), Camp Stanton 1980-1981 D Troop (Air Cav)

Response by 2LT Juan Asturias made Oct 29 at 2015 3:51 PM

2LT Juan Asturias — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:51:51 -0400

Yes, I remember Yong Jo Gol I was there as a private with 4/7 CAV 83-84 with crazy 1st SGT Montley "A" troop. He made our lives miserable for a whole year. How about Team Spirit: I has to take a bath with my helmet in a frozen river after spend over 30 days at the field stuck in a tank...

Response by SPC Randall Decker made Dec 21 at 2015 4:54 PM

SPC Randall Decker — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:54:42 -0500

Yong Ju Gol

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 4 at 2016 11:37 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:37:35 -0500

Yongjugol
S-2 96B 1984 - 1985

Response by SPC Mike Strenk made Feb 24 at 2016 4:43 PM

SPC Mike Strenk — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:43:05 -0500

D-troop 4/7 Cav Camp Stanton, 78-79

Response by SPC Mike Strenk made Feb 26 at 2016 1:35 PM

SPC Mike Strenk — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:35:22 -0500

Anybody remember this ?

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 29 at 2016 12:29 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:29:03 -0400

I was in Yong Ju Gol, or Tagi Gol.
I was in the S-2. 1984 - 1985

Response by SGT Robert George made Apr 3 at 2016 1:10 PM

SGT Robert George — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 13:10:19 -0400

yong Ju Gol

Response by SGT Mike McCarthy made Apr 10 at 2016 2:50 AM

SGT Mike McCarthy — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 02:50:38 -0400

YONG JU GOL

Response by SGT Robert George made Apr 14 at 2016 1:57 PM

SGT Robert George — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:57:25 -0400

Yong Ju Gol and I guess they called it camp rice I always referred to it as camp Garry Owen ground Cav. Delta troop was air Cav. and they were about a mile down the road near Tajibo ......

Response by SGT Frederick S. Mitchell made May 4 at 2016 12:57 PM

SGT Frederick S. Mitchell — Wed, 04 May 2016 12:57:58 -0400

I was at Song Ju Ri 90 - 91. 16 month tour as all of B trp was extended for stop loss from Desert Storm. I was a PFC when I left Korea since my favorite thing to do was get in trouble. I was the driver of B-41 my whole tour. What a great time (in hind site) as I wanted to leave there every single day. I am proud of having been in the Cav and I miss all my buddies. I left after the war before we moved to RC-4 / Pelham although we battled in Song Ju RI on many a night! Loco Puta was a common name around Gary Owen and many a Cavalry men traveled to be in her company!

Response by SFC Eric Hermanson made May 15 at 2016 10:52 PM

SFC Eric Hermanson — Sun, 15 May 2016 22:52:49 -0400

I was assigned to S3 4/7 Cav at Camp Garry Owen near Yong Ju Gol 77-78. HHT and A Troop were there, C and D Troop were at Stanton and B Troop was at Hovey. I still remember running the hill between Garry Owen and Stanton every morning.

Response by CPT Richard Rappa made Jun 7 at 2016 12:57 PM

CPT Richard Rappa — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:57:35 -0400

Yong Ju Gol 88 during olympics...alerts every other day for a long while...Changed from 4/7 to 5/17...
have a few pics if I can find them...

Response by SFC Domingo M. made Jul 30 at 2016 6:37 PM

SFC Domingo M. — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:37:20 -0400

I was assigned to Cp Custer about half a mile west of Yong Ju Gol. at the base of Charlie Block on my first tour there in 1970. I also did a tour at Cp Liberty Bell and my final was at Cp Casey.

Response by SGT Julious Humphrey made Aug 19 at 2016 1:34 AM

SGT Julious Humphrey — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 01:34:57 -0400

Co D from 1973 to 74

Response by SGT Julious Humphrey made Aug 19 at 2016 1:54 AM

SGT Julious Humphrey — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 01:54:00 -0400

PFC Julious Humphrey
I was there january 73 to 74. (POL)

Response by CPT Tom Fawls made Aug 29 at 2016 10:12 AM

CPT Tom Fawls — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:12:53 -0400

Neither...D 4/7 at Camp LaGuardia in Uijonbu. I got to the unit about 3 months after they'd moved from Garry Owen. ;)

Response by CPL Jerald Svoboda made Sep 8 at 2016 12:21 PM

CPL Jerald Svoboda — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:21:16 -0400

Yong Ju Gol was Cp Garry Owen, Song Ju Ri was Cp. Pelham 80-81 , 84-85 ROK

Response by SFC Domingo M. made Dec 6 at 2016 7:42 PM

SFC Domingo M. — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 19:42:54 -0500

I was stationed at Cp Custer which was about a half mile west of Yong Ju Gol. We were located at the base of Charlie Block, 1970/'71.

Response by SFC Dennis A. made Dec 8 at 2016 4:46 PM

SFC Dennis A. — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:46:46 -0500

I was in Song Ju Ri at Camp Pelham.

Response by CPL Dorian Welch made Jan 26 at 2017 2:48 PM

CPL Dorian Welch — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:48:34 -0500

both

Response by CW2 Gale Dorman made Feb 5 at 2017 7:06 AM

CW2 Gale Dorman — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 07:06:15 -0500

SPC Gale Dorman, assigned to Camp Gary Owen 1975-1976. Working as a Wheel vehicle mechanic for Headquarters battery 4/7th CAV. The base and area at that time had very few trees and vegetation as I found out in 2000 that agent orange had been used all around the post. We had the base swimming pool behind our huts which would flood during the monsoons. The water would come in to the huts from the overflow from the swimming pool. We had almost paper partitions that separated very small 2 man rooms. At our mini theater we watched movies from a reel projector of movies that we would occasionally get. We had the VD sign outside of the gate and there was much talk about the Black Gonorrhea. That if you caught it, you disappeared. Yong Ju gol was a enterprise of business with the primary being prostitution. The reason for the sign. Outside of the base one day a body was found by a grave yard, happy mountain. The body was blotted and laying at the bottom of the hill. The Koreans treated the prositutes with great disrespect and showed it by not burying their dead and placing them at the lowest level of burial site. Those honored were buried at the top of the hill.
When we were at the firing range for our M551 Sheridan that were being replaced by M60A1. At the range when the wire guided missiles were being shot Koreans would go out and recover the wire. It was scary as you knew that some one out there would get injured. At the M16 range while firing at our targets a burial session came into the area where we were firing, on there way to happy mountain. We of course stopped firing and had to wait till the procession made it way around the mountain out of site. The winters were cold, spring wet and summers steaming. The Korean people were very nice to us. I use to go to a temple that was on a hill outside of the base. They had a well where fresh water could be found. On the walk down the hill on day I saw something strange. Some men were standing around a pit in the middle of a rice field they had a torch and were burning the hair off the body of a dog that was on a Spit that they were turning. Some things you saw and heard was hard to believe but happened. It was a interesting year to say the least. If you served at the base in 1975-1976 and developed agent orange symptoms write your Congressman. Many have including myself but we are not covered as the government does not want to payout the support or monies even though it is know that Agent Orange stays in the ground and gets more concentrated over the years with a half life of 16 plus years. If you ate the food, drank the water, you ingested Agent Orange components. Go CAV!

Response by SPC Fernando Magdaleno made Feb 14 at 2017 12:45 AM

SPC Fernando Magdaleno — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:45:24 -0500

Yong Ju Gol
79-80
1st Platoon

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 23 at 2017 7:21 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 19:21:46 -0400

Yong ju gol A 4/7 th 1981 -1982 spec 4 Mike Walsh

Response by SSG Edward Tilton made Apr 24 at 2017 12:45 PM

SSG Edward Tilton — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:45:35 -0400

1st Ta chu pol, south of Yong ju gol, 1963. Then Pobwon-ni 63-64, then Sonyu-ri 64, Then an 8" Battery position north of Paju Ri on the road to Munsan. There was no other unit at that one. Google map shows artillery in the fortified firing positions, Must be ROK. Barely 100lbs and fighting trim

Response by CPT Tom Fawls made Apr 27 at 2017 2:01 PM

CPT Tom Fawls — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:01:30 -0400

Laguardia...

Response by SPC Herold Bush made May 12 at 2017 10:04 AM

SPC Herold Bush — Fri, 12 May 2017 10:04:57 -0400

Yong Ju Gol of course

Response by SGT Julious Humphrey made Aug 17 at 2017 6:17 PM

SGT Julious Humphrey — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:17:33 -0400

Song Ju Ri 4/7 Air Cavalry

Response by Susan Murrell/Lutz made Aug 23 at 2017 4:26 PM

Susan Murrell/Lutz — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:26:27 -0400

Yongju-gol 1990-1991

Response by Susan Murrell/Lutz made Aug 23 at 2017 4:43 PM

Susan Murrell/Lutz — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:43:26 -0400

I was an American Army wife who came to live outside of Camp Garry Owen from March 1990 to Sept, or October of 1991. It was obviously a non-command sponsored tour, but I was 18 and newly married. I had been in the 281st transportation unit in Las Cruces, NM but went Inactive Ready Reserves after getting married. My ex had to stay longer because of the stop loss. I stayed as well.

Response by PFC Kirk Baugh made Sep 7 at 2017 6:00 PM

PFC Kirk Baugh — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:00:44 -0400

Garry Owen, in Paju. Yongjugol is the red light district of Paju.
I was 4th Squadron, 7th Cav. late 1975-1977
PFC Kirk Baugh

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 15 at 2017 12:10 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 12:10:59 -0400

Camp Garry Owen Yong Ju Gohl

Response by SPC Kenneth Maxon made Sep 26 at 2017 1:57 PM

SPC Kenneth Maxon — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:57:16 -0400

Yong Ju Gol, 86-87. Started as a tanker, finished as a mechanized mortarman

Response by SP5 Terry Craddock made Oct 15 at 2017 8:43 PM

SP5 Terry Craddock — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 20:43:29 -0400

Yong Ju Gol may 66 / aug 67 camp rice

Response by SGT Brian Erickson made Dec 17 at 2017 10:15 PM

SGT Brian Erickson — Sun, 17 Dec 2017 22:15:24 -0500

Yong Ju Gol, June ‘77 to June ‘78

Response by SGT Bob Flynn made Feb 15 at 2018 1:13 PM

SGT Bob Flynn — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 13:13:01 -0500

I was on a hill north of there but the camp was Yong Ju Gol at the time.

Response by SGT Carl Blas made Feb 15 at 2018 3:58 PM

SGT Carl Blas — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:58:29 -0500

Camp Greaves-DMZ 1973 1st/31st 2nd INF.
Visited "Song Ju Ri" often, "Blue Angle Club" All girl band and 69 Business Women "Hot Dog"

Response by SGT Brian Erickson made Feb 17 at 2018 7:43 PM

SGT Brian Erickson — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 19:43:25 -0500

Yong Ju Gol, June 77 to June 78

Response by SP6 Peter Murphy made Mar 6 at 2018 9:26 AM

SP6 Peter Murphy — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:26:37 -0500

Yong Ju Gol. 74-75.

Response by SPC Brian Greenwood made Mar 17 at 2018 10:48 AM

SPC Brian Greenwood — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 10:48:34 -0400

I was assigned to Camp Garry Owen in 1960. Wow has Korea changed. SP4 Brian Greenwood

Response by SGT Mike Stacer made Apr 21 at 2018 9:46 PM

SGT Mike Stacer — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 21:46:53 -0400

Yong Ju Gol in 1988

Response by SGT Mike Stacer made Apr 21 at 2018 9:56 PM

SGT Mike Stacer — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 21:56:01 -0400

I was in B Troop 5/17 CAV when Bob Hope, Brook Shields, Gloria Estefan, and Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders came to visit.

Response by SSG Steven Darling made Jun 22 at 2018 12:06 PM

SSG Steven Darling — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:06:59 -0400

Song JU Ri, Cp. Pelham (Aka) Garry Owen 1996-97 WorkHorse

Response by SPC Eugene McCann made Jul 7 at 2018 9:47 PM

SPC Eugene McCann — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 21:47:23 -0400

I was at the 4/7 Air Cav up from Yong-gi-gol near Kwon-Ton 1976 ~ 1977

Response by CPL Dorian Welch made Dec 30 at 2018 2:32 AM

CPL Dorian Welch — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 02:32:40 -0500

both

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made May 12 at 2019 7:22 AM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 12 May 2019 07:22:24 -0400

Yong ju gol. 1990

Response by SPC Juan Servera made Jun 6 at 2019 3:33 AM

SPC Juan Servera — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 03:33:44 -0400

Yong ju gol camp Garry owen B 5/17 cav 89 to 91 than got transfer to camp Casey ets in 92 it was fun!!

Response by SFC Jeff Lay made Jul 30 at 2019 9:25 PM

SFC Jeff Lay — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 21:25:25 -0400

5-17 Cav, B Trp Bull Dogs 2 PLT Dec 1991 -Mar 93, Camp McNabb Cheju Do

Response by SGT Michael O'Leary made Oct 9 at 2019 10:14 PM

SGT Michael O'Leary — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 22:14:19 -0400

SGT Michael O'Leary
Young ju gol

Response by SPC Richard Benoit Jr. made Feb 28 at 2020 7:59 AM

SPC Richard Benoit Jr. — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 07:59:05 -0500

Garry Owen,87-88 .. .medic

Response by SP6 Peter Murphy made Jun 10 at 2020 9:34 AM

SP6 Peter Murphy — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:34:36 -0400

Yong ju gol, it was Camp Rice when I arrived and changed to Garry Owen before I rotated out.

Response by SPC Juan Servera made Nov 15 at 2020 1:57 AM

SPC Juan Servera — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 01:57:29 -0500

Yong ju gol

Response by SPC Juan Servera made Nov 15 at 2020 2:26 AM

SPC Juan Servera — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 02:26:03 -0500

I left late November I was tank mechanic when they got rid of 60 they broke the maintenance team some went to FT Hood couple went to Riley they keep me in country I got sent to Casey wish I could stayed

Response by SPC Juan Servera made Dec 18 at 2020 2:41 PM

SPC Juan Servera — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:41:32 -0500

Yong Ju Gul B trp nov 90 - nov 91 the I was m1 turret mech they didn’t have any I worked on M60 tank turret and hull, every time we pulled the m60 pack (engine) put it back in dame thing never started spent hours troubleshooting it finally got it start that was fun. Going down range was adventure it self I remember the one eye dragons and the terminators they got rid of 60 some of us got order to go state side I stayed in Korea Got order for Camp Casey finish my enlightenment of all duty station I got Garry Owens was the best I meet lot cool people and had blast...

Response by SGM Carlos Salcedo made Aug 30 at 2021 1:56 AM

SGM Carlos Salcedo — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 01:56:08 -0400

I was an armament mechanic om Cobras.

Response by SPC Gerardo Soriano made Nov 11 at 2021 6:30 AM

SPC Gerardo Soriano — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 06:30:21 -0500

I was stationed in Yong Ju Gold from 1987-1988

Response by CW2 Gale Dorman made Dec 3 at 2021 3:50 PM

CW2 Gale Dorman — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:50:36 -0500

Yong Ju Gol, I had my beautiful wife that came over. Worked at the HQ Wheel and Track garage by the main road.

Response by CW2 Gale Dorman made Apr 3 at 2022 1:34 PM

CW2 Gale Dorman — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 13:34:19 -0400

Yong Ju Gol.... I was a SP4 Wheel Vehicle Mechanic at the time in 1975-1976. Our General made Combat Football the sport to let say participate in! Privates- commanders would be involved. Many did not finish the games without injury but the moral was extremely high! Camp Rice was a place of interest, you never knew what was going to happen! Today people would not know the Korea that we saw and help protect. It is what it is today because of the many that served, were on the edge of possible war and military activity between two companies still at war but had only signed an agreement of peace. To the many that did serve in the contaminated Agent Orange areas. Fight and write your congressman, Senators, The President for the right for all that served in Korea to be have the VA's Agent Orange exam. with out cost, with out no time period at least for 10-15 years after the last Agent Orange compound was discovered, distributed and have our records of bases identified that were closed due to contamination be it from Agent Orange or other extreme Chemical contamination. Camp Rice was one of those sites. To put time limits highly restricting helping our veterans from receiving help, medical, physical, mental on verification's of illnesses, identification of degrees of health effects and allowing our veterans to die or live lives that are far degraded because of the environment they served in is in it self a crime! Demand do not ask you are the 1% that serve and protect this country and help protect the world. Our government should only seek to protect those that have served and suffered, not just a few individuals. For anyone to stay it cost to much, we do not have the facilities to handle the problem, we do not have the medical staff. Tell them that with out our service we would not have the democracy that we have and it is their job to protect all of its military members once they have served! We lived in the contaminated area, so did those at Camp Lejeune who are covered by water contamination. At camp Rice, we drank the well water, we bathed in the bath houses, we ate in the community. We were in the depth of the devils land of contamination. The many children born around our camp were placed in homes for many reasons, but many of those children suffered from the issues of Agent Orange contamination. It was not just the military, so the problem was extensive. Remember Agent Orange increases through in take of the food, water and environment for more than sixteen years once the earth is contaminated! All Korean Veterans who served in the areas of deployment of the Agent Orange products should all be covered for Agent Orange examines! What is the government afraid of? "The Truth"

Response by SPC Juan Servera made Apr 15 at 2022 11:19 AM

SPC Juan Servera — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 11:19:15 -0400

Young ju gol B Trp 90 Dec to 91 Dec than got transfer to Camp Casey

Response by PFC Gerald Schrag made Aug 17 at 2022 8:15 PM

PFC Gerald Schrag — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:15:02 -0400

Yong Ju Gol Nov. '64-Sept. 65

Response by SPC Juan Servera made Aug 21 at 2022 1:08 PM

SPC Juan Servera — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 13:08:37 -0400

Yong ju gol B Trp 5/17 Cav 90-92

Response by SPC Juan Servera made Apr 25 at 2023 7:25 AM

SPC Juan Servera — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:25:30 -0400

Yong Ju Gol B TRP 17 CAV before they got rid of the M-60 tanks