George Clymer (APA 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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I . -■ . . even the appearance of the Army couldn ' t glamourize Inchon . . . . but the sun did shine the day that Mr. Griffith took a group of the crew loaded down with ice cream and cake to the orphans of The Star of the Sea Orphange were American hospitality brought forth many smiles and many new friends . . . . the place was loaded with the cutest kids in Korea . . . . not camera shy . . just too busy with Ihe ice cream that they may have seen for the first times in their lives . .

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INCHON It was here thai a Mile more than 4 years ago that blie CL j MER had Landed Marines in an amphibious ,i .-.ui[| on the mud Hats ol Inchon Bay to help turn the tide in the Korean War. iiw wc were here In embark troops lor A.mphibious operation thai was to take place oil o Lok- Chok-Xo Island a short distance Ironi Inchon. 1 hi? time il was train- ing, not war. However, Inchon still bore the marks or war with the ruins and conditions that became the after- math or anv battle. I here was little here and nothing to do .. .there was no liberty... it was just as well. it was a welcome to nothing . . ' . ]!■■ . . and this is the way they washed their clothes. When the rain stoped so did the washing . . a 30 foot tide left every thing high and dry

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SEOUL... W ' .is no tourist paradise For tke 200 men oJ tke CL 1 ! M1:R wko were able to visit tlie Soutn Korean capital during our stay in ln- cnon. Il w.is ruined c.ipiLi! .illemptin to snake oil the nigktmare il li.nl suffered. Downtown Seoul was crowded and dirty... tke capital building w.is gutted ... people were poor and desperate ... it was a good trip ...il was .i trip skewing wkat could happen .nul did. f ■ ■ !i 1 1 1 i i the flag still flies . . the grotesque statue guarded the skeleton of what was once a proud capital building . . ft Reconstruction from War ' s devastation