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| Dad said that with nothing much to do when they first arrived, he put on a few pounds! |
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| This is the bridge that his Company guarded when Dad first got to Korea. |
After Dad arrived in Sasebo, Japan he was taken with some other soldiers to a location near Mt. Fuji. Over the next nine days, these men were shown different factories that had capabilities for re-manufacture. This way someone in the Unit or Battalion would know that it could be possible to send broken machinery over to Japan, have it fixed and shipped back to the front. This was an important opportunity for the Army to save money and avoid dumping or destroying broken equipment. Dad also said that this is one of the ways that Japan got it's start in manufacturing on a world wide level.
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| This is a very blurred picture of that same bridge. It is over 550' long. We did some research and we believe that it is the Teal Bridge. |
After the factory tour was over, Dad took the train back to Yokohama where he picked up a boat to Inchon, Korea. Because his ship was so large that it couldn't get into port due to the mud flats, he arrived by landing craft. From Inchon he made his way to the 151st Combat Engineer's Battalion near Seoul. He was assigned to Company C, 3rd Platoon.
Company C was made up mainly of National Guardsmen from Alabama. After arriving in Korea, there wasn't much going on with his Company as they were being temporarily held in reserve. Their first jobs were guarding a Bailey bridge and repairing roads.
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