Buddy Search - Korean
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| This page on the KWE's Buddy Search was created to help Americans find Koreans and to help
Koreans find Americans. During the years of open conflict, and even in the years that followed the cease
fire, there was interaction between Koreans and Americans. On many occasions, orphaned Korean children were
taken under the wings of the men serving in various American companies. When they rotated for home,
leaving a beloved Korean child or Korean girlfriend behind was a heart-wrenching task for American troops.
Likewise, American servicemen bonded with KATUSAs (Korean Army Training with USA), and the genuine friendships
they made with these Korean soldiers so many years ago are still not forgotten. On the Korean peninsula,
many Koreans have these same feelings of affection for some of the Americans that they came in contact with
during the Korean War. It is the hope of the Korean War Educator that the KWE's Korean Buddy Search page will
serve as a facilitator of reunions between Koreans and Americans. Are you an American looking for a
Korean--or a Korean looking for an American acquaintance from the Korean War or post-Korean War? If yes,
you are invited to post your query on the Korean War Educator by sending it to
Lynnita Brown.
This is a free service. As always, your input is welcome and so are your repeat visits.
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The Searches...
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Lee Bong Ho - Are you out there?
The Korea Herald suggested I write you for help!!!! I am looking for a KATUSA (Korean Army Training with
USA) that I served with in the US Army 2nd Engineer Group, 40th Engineer Topo Corps, Camp Eiler east of K-14
airport in Korea in 1961 & 62. I keep hitting a wall all the time. I have written so many e-mails
to different Korean agencies and several South Korean generals. Nobody seems to want to help me.
Is there a website for former KATUSAs that served for the ROK military....or any website that could steer me
in the right direction?
His name is LEE BONG HO. He was maybe 23 in 1962. For the last 5 1/2 years I have been looking
on line for him. Before that in 1977, I asked a co-worker who was visiting her family in Korea to look
him up to no avail. LEE was an Offset Pressman on the 22 by 29 press, and a very good one at that.
We worked in a printing plant that had ten five-ton vans backed up against the building. My name is Mike
Volk. In 1961/62, I was 6 feet 4 inches tall, had brown hair, and was a Spec 4. Thank you for your help
in advance....Mike
Contact: Mike Volk, MTV502@webtv.net.
[Posted 3/22/06]
Name Unknown - born 1956
I am looking for my husband's half sister who was born in Korea the same year as him in 1956. A
family reunion in late 1998 disclosed this information to him for the first time. His father, Sgt.
Raymond Eugene Holland was stationed in Korea in the 1950s with the United States Army. Raymond Eugene
Holland died in El Paso, Texas I think in like 1980 and is buried in a military cemetery there in Texas.
We were told the Korean lady in the picture who was holding a baby and another small child (around 2-ish) at
her side was in fact, holding Raymond Eugene Holland's child and the date was 1956. My husband was born
here in the States in 1956 on August 19, 1956. His name is Steven Eugene Holland.
Contact: Windy Jo Holland, Palo Alto/Mountain View California
WindyHolland@aol.com.
[Posted 10/19/06]
Name Unknown - Yongdongpo Area
I lived with a Korean girl January-March 1952 in Yongdungpo, Korea (near Seoul). I was stationed at the
121st Evacuation Hospital and thought I would spend all my tour there. However, I was transferred north
to Uijongbu and then still further north to a Forward Ammunition Supply Point and was never able to return to
the Seoul area. I was rotated back to the States from there. I do not know the real name of the Korean girl. I
had it written in Korean, but that and other personal items were lost. I do not know if I fathered a
child, but the idea has caused me much reflection and concern.
Contact: Ray Allison, Tampa, FL.
[Posted 3/27/08]
KMAG 1946-50
Seeking Koreans and U.S. Army veterans who served with KMAG in Korea from 1946-50, and have knowledge of
infiltration efforts on behalf of the Far East Command. Also seeking anyone who has a copy of A
String, a Hug, and a Silent Knight, a government office poublication of the same period. Blood
relatives who are acquainted with facts on these subjects and are holding orders and books or other items
related to the above please come forward. This has been a 57-year search.
Contact: D. Schreiber, Ponto Historic Society, 7290 Ponto Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92011. Ph.
760-438-2140. Fax 760-931-1719.
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