dschal
Member
Very cool Tom! thanks for sharing with us.
Dave
Dave
2WK
Rangefinder User
Wow! Awesome, and yea thanks for sharing that.
John E Earley
Tuol Sleng S21-0174
I bought a camera from a guy at a flea market in Richmond Va. and he tossed in a photo he had from someone in Bedford Va. No name on it but he said it came from Bedford. The photo really intrigues me.
oftheherd
Veteran
I'm pretty sure that it is either Korea, or a Marine camp or base that looks a lot like it. I say Korea due to the look of the land, and what looks like terraced dikes in the background of photo number 5. There are also GP medium tents and quanset huts, with sandbags, although the sandbags don't necessarily look like defensive deployments. You could still find quonset huts the last time I was there in 1987. They were even more common the first time I was there in 74 to 76. I lived and worked in quanset huts those first two years, and even the second two years in 79-81, and that time in Seoul. I am familiar with Front Royal, and that is the eastern part of the mountains. Even so, I don't think the lay of the land is quite like that. The appalachians are very old mountains.
You saying the photos were in order as taken makes it a little more likely, but not positive, that it may have been a training camp in the US. But it could simply be he had a leave from Korea, then returned.
A former Marine co-worker isn't aware of any Marine bases or camps that would look like that. He did comment on the uniforms that they appeared to be somewhat old styles. Especially in photo #8. The Marines apparently never issued blocked soft hats, but Marines would often do so themselves, at least when he was in the Philipines. Also, he related when he was in, they did not blouse their field uniform trousers inside the boots, but with elastic bands about the 3rd grommet from the top of the boots.
When I was in the Army Airborne in the early 60s, we would not use elastic most of the time. It was considered non-Airborne and basically not allowed nor desired. We would sometimes use a weight of some time, like a light chain, to keep the fold of the trousers low at all times. Even so, when Airborne stood up, you would hear a symphony of stomps as everybody ensured their trousers were down where they were supposed to be. Photo 8 looks like there might be weights there or had been adjusted before the photo.
Would be interested to know what else you might be able to find out.
You saying the photos were in order as taken makes it a little more likely, but not positive, that it may have been a training camp in the US. But it could simply be he had a leave from Korea, then returned.
A former Marine co-worker isn't aware of any Marine bases or camps that would look like that. He did comment on the uniforms that they appeared to be somewhat old styles. Especially in photo #8. The Marines apparently never issued blocked soft hats, but Marines would often do so themselves, at least when he was in the Philipines. Also, he related when he was in, they did not blouse their field uniform trousers inside the boots, but with elastic bands about the 3rd grommet from the top of the boots.
When I was in the Army Airborne in the early 60s, we would not use elastic most of the time. It was considered non-Airborne and basically not allowed nor desired. We would sometimes use a weight of some time, like a light chain, to keep the fold of the trousers low at all times. Even so, when Airborne stood up, you would hear a symphony of stomps as everybody ensured their trousers were down where they were supposed to be. Photo 8 looks like there might be weights there or had been adjusted before the photo.
Would be interested to know what else you might be able to find out.
Tom hicks
Well-known
Thanks willie, yes it is a wonderful shot I feel lucky to have been able to recover some of the images.
Tom hicks
Well-known
Thanks Don, yeah the camera belonged to the marine you see standing by himself in the road in two of the images , same one with the young lady.
Tom hicks
Well-known
I bought a camera from a guy at a flea market in Richmond Va. and he tossed in a photo he had from someone in Bedford Va. No name on it but he said it came from Bedford. The photo really intrigues me.
hey john , yeah it makes you wonder who she is and what she became.
Eric T
Well-known
Great photos.
The first few photos looked like Korea but, after viewing them all, my best guess is US Marine Base at Camp Pendleton, California.
Any other guesses?
The first few photos looked like Korea but, after viewing them all, my best guess is US Marine Base at Camp Pendleton, California.
Any other guesses?