Private ALBERT WHITE

Staff Sgt. ALBERT WHITE

        SuSaik, Korea.

Unidentified WW II Officer 13th ENGINEER (C) BN.

Seoul,Korea 1945/46  ???

Unidentified WW II 13th Engineer

Seoul, Korea  1945/46 ??

Sign at the enterance to the 13th Engineer Combat Battalion Compound near Seoul, Korea 1946.

We need your HELP ! with the identity of these 5 decorated WWII Veterans who apparently were still serving with the 13th Engineers after the war ended. 1945/46.

Sorry fellahs, I can't put names to the faces, but definitely remember the puppies. Their mother's name was " Leyte" .  C-Company men found her on the island of Leyte in the Philippines and adopted her. Leyte accompanied  C-Company on to Okinawa and then  to Seoul, SuSaik and Taechon Beach, Korea where she met a tragic death.

Help ID the GI. This is C-Co. barracks

near Seoul, Korea in 1946.  B- Co barracks is to the right of the firewall and was gutted by fire on Christmas 1946. See next photo.

B-Company fire December 25, 1946.

Staff Sgt. Albert White affectionately known by his family as "Bud" is seen smiling  aboard ship as he is headed home after 3 years Service to his Country.

  THE 13TH ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION

               7TH INFANTRY DIVISION

              THIS PAGE DEDICATED TO

         STAFF SGT. ALBERT "BUD" WHITE

ALBERT & MELBA WHITE

ALBERT "BUD" WHITE and 4 of his 6 children.  Photo taken in late 1950's.

          ALBERT "BUD" WHITE

"Bud" enlisted in the Army in 1944 for 2 years. He later extended his enlistment for 1 more year. Bud served about 2 years with Company C

The 13th Engineer Combat Battalion in Korea where he attained the rank of Staff Sergeant.

While stationed at Seoul, Korea he trained his Troops to be combat ready, should Russia and North Korea decide to invade the South. During the Winter of 1946/47 C - Company was deployed to SuSaik, Korea which was just south of the 38th parallel which marked the dividing line between North and South Korea. In May of 1947 C-

Company was relieved of their duties at SuSaik and where stationed at an old Japanese coast guard post at Taechon Beach. All that remained of the old Japanese outpost were a few old huts or shacks which were located on the sand dunes over looking the Yellow Sea. Bud's men utilized these huts for shelter until squad tents with wood floors could be erected. C - Companies task was to construct a R & R camp for troops to spend some of their leave time. It did have a fine beach and we spent time swimming almost every day during the hot summer. Korea's weather pretty well matches the weather in Minnesota, although it can get much colder in the mountains and in North Korea. Taechon Beach is said to be a thriving resort area today. Quite a change from the primitive area it was at the end of World War II. I believe it was late 1947 that Bud returned to his home in Hinckley Minnesota.

Bud married and had 6 children, 5 sons and 1 daughter. Bud held a number of jobs in Hinckley,

including pumping gas, construction work and at the time of his early death of cancer in December 1974 he was a janitor and A M bus driver for the Hinckley Schools. I served under Bud in Korea he was loved and respected by his men in the service and those whose lives he touched at home in Hinckley.

Donald F. Bohrer

PS. I didn't become aware of Bud's death until I located and visited his grave on Memorial day 2000. I wish to Thank! Bud's Grandson Brady and other family members for contacting me and providing me with information and access to Buds photo collection.

IF YOU SERVED WITH ALBERT WHITE PLEASE CONTACT ME. I WILL FORWARD YOUR MESSAGES TO THE FAMILY. THEY WOULD DEEPLY APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU..