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Kunsan Airman Meets Blood Donor Recipient

» by GI Korea December 3rd, 2008 at 1:18 am » Comments (0)

Here is an AFN video report of the story of the Kunsan airman who donated his blood to save the life of a gravely ill Korean leukemia patient: Once again great ...more »

Artillerymen Raise Thousands of Dollars for Korean Orphanage

» by GI Korea November 29th, 2008 at 12:14 pm » Comments (1)

Here was a great idea implemented by this platoon of artillerymen in 2ID to help out a Korean orphanage: South Korea — The next time the Big Three automakers need fundraising ...more »

Airman Who Saved Korean Woman’s Life Meet for First Time

» by GI Korea November 28th, 2008 at 1:39 am » Comments (2)

The story of the Kunsan airman that saved the life a young Korean woman by donating his blood to combat her rare form of lieukemia is one I have profiled before here on the ...more »

USFK Soldiers Deliver Heating Oil to Elderly Koreans

» by GI Korea November 22nd, 2008 at 3:13 pm » Comments (6)

Considering the recent report that Korea's elderly are the poorest of all OECD countries, it is good to see USFK soldiers doing their part to aid Korea's senior citizens: With winter ...more »

Kunsan Airman Donates Blood to Save Life of Korean Woman

» by GI Korea October 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 am » Comments (4)

Kunsan Airforce personnel were part of one of the better good neighbor stories I have read yet: When a medical technician handed Capt. Kevin Blackney a cell phone the morning ...more »

Camp Humphreys Soldiers Come to the Aid of Injured Moped Driver

» by GI Korea September 25th, 2008 at 4:13 pm » Comments (1)

Just another example of USFK servicemembers doing the right in Korea: Sgt. Laquania Henderson, Spc. Brendon McGee, and his wife, Spc. Jevisha McGee, all with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd ...more »

Seabees Renovate Korean Orphanages

» by GI Korea September 1st, 2008 at 11:02 am » Comments (1)

Some Navy Seabees are doing some great work over in Jinhae: Playing with kids isn’t normally part of the job for combat construction workers and engineers. But it is for 26 ...more »

Former Korean Orphan Requests Help Locating Former USFK Soldiers

» by GI Korea July 23rd, 2008 at 12:41 pm » Comments (9)

I received a special request via email from a former Korean orphan Kori Lynn Addamo (Kim Choon-ja) who is trying to locate any of the soldiers that used to visit ...more »

USFK Soldier Recognized for Heroism

» by GI Korea July 18th, 2008 at 1:08 am » Comments (9)

For all the stories about the minority of idiots in USFK there are plenty of people like this doing all the right things: An 18th Medical Logistics Battalion soldier was recognized ...more »

2ID Soldiers Share Thanksgiving with Orphans

» by GI Korea December 2nd, 2005 at 8:35 am » Comments (0)

Here is a good news story, that USFK will never get credit for in the Korean media, that was published in the Stars and Stripes: Orphans from Dongducheon got a taste ...more »