Military Monday: Kodachrome In Korea V

Last year, while cleaning out the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), I found a paper bag containing a number of Kodachrome slides from the early and mid-1950s, taken during his time in Korea and also in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. Kodachrome is extremely stable, and the color on these slides is near pristine. I'll be sharing more of the images in the future.

This picture is from Dad's time in Korea, from October 1952 through March 1953.  I'm not sure if it is K-1 (Pusan West), where he was stationed through December 20, or K-9 (Pusan East) Air Base, where he was stationed the rest of the time (being at K-1 while a runway was rebuilt at K-9).

The building behind him (seen better in the enlargement below) seems to be under construction, so I'm guessing this is K-9.  I wish Dad was still around, so I could just ask him.  In one more week, he would have been celebrating his 90th birthday.

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