My grandfather died three years ago on the 16th.

He served briefly in World War 2 and longer in Korea. I spoke to him a great deal, took notes, and was really hoping that someone here could tell me what unit he served in. By the time we spoke, he couldn’t remember everything perfectly, but I do have some films he took at the time and my uncle and I plan to get them digitized.

Here’s the information I have:

He was in Company F in an old, well established unit, with lots of WW2 vets in it, but many new men as well. He was a driver. He started basic training stateside but finished it overseas, and remembered hearing about a police station that was overrun by North Koreans.

He knew that he arrived at his first station by rail or truck, but remembered that it was via “Inchon Po Hang Dong”, which he remembered as a fishing village. His next stop was “Yung Heil Bay”, which was below the 38th parallel. He remembered that there was a mountain range that enclosed the bay.

He was stationed about ten miles from the bay, and there were lots of traditional Korean huts. This area had been a Japanese base at some point, and when he moved on from there, he went to Taegu along the Naktong River. He remembered very clearly that there were lots of mountains, and one mountain had a notch in it cut toward the mountain range.

He said that he spoke to a few English speaking Koreans there that said this notch was where Noah’s Ark was.

In this area were some Buddhist places or worship, and he drove up to a monastery. He said a river flowed down from there, and he visited the valley below. Apparently this area had been the site of what he called the “Silla” dynasty. I’m pretty sure that’s not spelled right, but it might help. There were lots of turtles carved in stone.

I have more personal stories and I can answer a few questions, I think, but I’m really hoping someone can tell me what unit he served in and where exactly he was.