By Via a reader tip comes pictures taken by the 1st Brigade Public Affair Office of the on going clean up effort of the Dongducheon ville being assisted by Soldiers stationed at Camp Casey. The work these Soldiers are doing is quite extensive and it is good to see that local ROK Army units, KNP’s, and NGO’s are assisting with the recovery operations as well.
Here are some of the pictures from Day 1 of the clean up on July 29, 2011:
In this picture it looks like the club owners laid out the furniture damaged from flooding to be picked up.
More garbage waiting to be picked up.
US Soldiers march through the ville to assist with clean up.
In this picture a US Soldier is providing medical care to a Korean civilian.
Korean National Police officers assist with the clean up.
Looks like some tired KNP's.
US Soldiers pick up trash in the ville.
Soldiers shoveling mud.
It looks like in the background of this picture that even the Juicy Girls are chipping in to help with the clean up.
Are the women in the background Juicy Girls as well?
This is one happy ajumma.
Here is are a few of the photos of Day 2 of the clean up operation that occurred on July 30, 2011:
Still plenty of trash and mud to pick up.
A happy ajushi.
ROK and US Army Soldiers help each other to remove trash.
Loading up an LMTV with garbage.
Ajumma getting dirty.
ROK Army Soldiers assist with the clean up.
Tired from a long day of work.
Korean Red Cross assists with recovery operations.
I think this a portal laundry facility brought in by the ROK Army.
Here is a final subset of photos from Day 3 of the clean up operation on July 31, 2011:
Taking a break.
Cleaning up more mud.
A medic helps a Korean national who appears to have hurt his foot.
Korean Red Cross ajummas.
A well deserved rest.
This is really a great job by everyone involved. I think that as hard as the work was to do at the time, that this will be one of the things that everyone involved will look back on with a lot of pride in what they accomplished by helping out the local community.
5:31 am on August 2nd, 2011 1
Wonder if some of the bars will lower their way high drink prices? Or, perhaps something other than the $3 a bottle bathtub gin some of them sell, at exorbitant prices.
/nahhhh.
5:59 am on August 2nd, 2011 2
great job. I hope you all get some recognition for this. that Japanese banner was pretty cool. Maybe some Korean organisation can give you a Thank you memento.
6:50 am on August 2nd, 2011 3
This was a deal between 1st BCT and the TDC city hall. Despite Mayor Oh and Governor Kim coming around and showing pretty true appreciation for the soldiers’ hard work, the bar owners showed themselves to be real cockroaches, not really being appreciative of anything. All of their goods and wares were damaged in the flood, with the clothing shops and basement bars being totally lost. They threw their soggy junk and trash out into the street with no regard for who had to clean it up. Screw the local business people, leaching off of American service members from 60 years ago to ad infinitum. Praise the mayor and his staff for being awesome, appreciative folk, as well as the Red Cross and the church groups who set up to take care of everyone, for free. The owner of the Brazilian BBQ joint next to FamilyMart was also great, but I hope that the Ville never recovers from this and rots away.
7:06 am on August 2nd, 2011 4
That’s nice to see..I honestly wish I were there and pitching in!
7:23 am on August 2nd, 2011 5
I saw a picture at a Korean online newspaper of US soldiers helping with the cleanup in downtown TDC. What I found interesting were the comments left by readers. By and large – they were very positive. Of course, there were a few wacko comments…but that’s to be expected (Isn’t that right Tom and Orbit?).
7:24 am on August 2nd, 2011 6
Ha! There were only two pics before I posted – and then a whole slew of them after I posted. The pic I saw is not in this series of pics posted here – but it’s very similar.
7:54 am on August 2nd, 2011 7
I like those gray shirts the ROK Soldiers are wearing. I want one!
8:30 am on August 2nd, 2011 8
Good on them! That looks like it was a lot of work. In Hawaii, they’d roast a pig for ya’ll.
8:05 pm on August 2nd, 2011 9
This looks just like August 6-10th of 1998 in TDC.
8:51 pm on August 2nd, 2011 10
“In Hawaii, they’d roast a pig for ya’ll.”
They already did.
http://roastofrosie.ytmnd.com/
2:26 am on August 3rd, 2011 11
The juicy girl comments were unnecessary.
5:03 am on August 3rd, 2011 12
Actually, this series of photos, and hopefully the results on the ground, remind me of the USFK motto “Kapshi Kapshida”. There will be some who are only thinking of themselves; but there will be a stronger community as a result…
6:53 am on August 6th, 2011 13
Good PR opportunity if the 2ID PAO and USFK take the lead. Relationships with the community and the Korean people seeing this always helps.