THE 13TH ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION
THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION IN KOREA 1945 - 1948
This picture gallery is dedicated to those often forgotten men who served with honor and pride in South Korea during the period from September 1945 to 1948. In 1948 the troops were redeployed to Japan. THE OCCUPATION FORCES HELPED STABILIZE THE COUNTRY WHILE A NEW GOVERNMENT WAS BEING FORMED AND HELPED PREVENT THE INFILTRATION OF THE COMMUNISTS WHO WERE DETERMINED TO TAKE OVER ALL OF KOREA FROM DAY ONE. The Occupation Troops were responsible for rounding up the Japanese Soldiers stationed in Korea and sending them back to Japan. They also took over the Japanese military camps, airfields and equipment,
including trucks, tanks and airplanes. The 13TH ENGINEER COMBAT
BATTALION took over a Japanese military installation outside of Seoul, Korea. It had brick barracks and other substantial buildings which with a little remodeling met the needs of the Battalion for this approximate 3 year period. During this period some of the Battalions Companies were deployed in other parts of KOREA for short periods as needed, such as SuSaik near the 38th parallel and Taechon Beach.
Thanks ! To JOHN BUDROW Company - C Baker/Cook, Korea, 1946/47
For Sending Me The Following Photos For Posting.
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PHOTO GALLERY I Page 2
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1st Lt. KARL LIEWER Was the 1st Platoon Leader. In 1947 he became THE C - COMPANY COMMANDER. He retired as a Lt. Col.
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THANKS ! TO JOHN BUDROW FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE PHOTOS
THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS COURTESY OF NORMAN S. JONES
PFC. NORMAN S. JONES & T/5 PAUL HELK KOREA, 1947.
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ROBERT HULBERT,
Scranton, Pa. KOREA 1947.
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13Th ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION Compound SEOUL, KOREA 1947.
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13th ENGINEERS, Drill Time
SEOUL, KOREA 1947.
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DO YOU REMEMER THIS GI WITH THE PET BIRD 1947 ?
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13th Engineer Bn. HDQ. Co. Warehouse fire December 1947. Do you remember it ? Just a year after B-Company barracks burned.
THANKS TO NORMAN S. JONES for furnishing the above photos. Norm would love to hear from his old buddies. Send an email to the Webmaster, I will forward it.
Hdq. Co. Motor Pool Sgt. Russ Tate with "Papasan hat" while stationed at Seoul in 1945. Russ served with the 13th Engineers on Leyte, Okinawa and the early occupation in Korea.
It seems ironic the 13th Engineers suffered 3 major fires each one year apart. This barracks fire December 1945. Newly remodeled B - Company
barracks December 25, 1946 and the Hdq. warehouse fire in December 1947.
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