Picture of the Day: 7th Infantry Division Mess Hall In 1970 South Korea

Tags: 7th Infantry Division, Korea

• The Sanity Inspector
  11:13 am on April 27th, 2010 1

  The oriental looking calligraphy script on the sign is a nice touch.

• ChipperB
  11:29 am on April 27th, 2010 2

  That messhall looks identical to the one that was at the 2ID Turtle Farm in the '80s. I am betting they are one and the same.

  BTW, whatever happened to the Turtle Farm after it was closed and moved to Camp Mobile?

  Speaking of oriental calligraphy, I remember when adjuma made the Name tapes and US Army tapes for the fatigues/BDUs and they were written with an oriental slant.

• mitch
  4:06 pm on August 5th, 2011 3

  Today was a trip back in time for me. I was in the back of my storage locker when I came across my old OD footlocker. Of course it was locked so I had to cut the lock off. I don’t think the footlocker had been opened in decades, it had that smell.

  Anyway inside were many things dating back to my days in Korea. Five 32nd Infantry crests. Two on my green leadership loops. Two for my dress uni and a single one for the baseball cap. Also, two 7th ID patches. There was an old white background black ink name tag and a couple OD with artsey black embrodiered for name and US Army. Lastly was my 3-32 IN scrap book that we could buy. In the book was my orginal set of orders for my EIB dated 1966 and the article in the newsletter stating the number of EIBs awarded for the entire division.

  There were other things such as infantry blue ascot, lighter, wristwatch, an old EIB that was made in Korea. Belt buckle and brass. Also, was my name plate that we had made in the ville for the wall locker.

  I’d forgotten that all that stuff, but was curious what happened to the stuff since I found ROK Drop.

• GI Korea
  7:03 pm on August 5th, 2011 4

  Mitch I am glad the ROK Drop has given you a chance to take a trip back in time. Thanks for your service all those years ago in Korea.

• john in CA
  10:52 pm on August 5th, 2011 5

  Mitch,
  Same here, thank you for your service.

  You must be 63 years or so? Hope all is well.

 

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