Media Type

Audio

Physical Location

Stacks D040.0D

Number of Media

1

Language(s)

English

Format

Record/LP

Digitized in HD?

No

General Note

Pacific Report: Stories of the Men and Missions of the United States Army, Pacific

A Radio Feature Produced by the Public Affairs Office, Headquarters, U.S. Army, Pacific

Program No. 467
-From Korea - A battalion commander of the 2nd Infantry Division stationed along the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea discusses the mission of their patrols along the zone and apprehending infiltrators. (Reporter: Will Thompson)
-From Taiwan - We visit the STRATCOM (Strategic Communication) facility atop Grass Mountain, outside of Taipei, and talk to three sergeants about their work in this technical field. (Reporter: Will Thompson)
-From Quemoy - Two men of the Kinman Defense Command Advisory Team, stationed on this lonely rock within sight of Communist mainland China, talk about their duty out there. (Reporter: Will Thompson)
-From The Philippines - A sightseeing tour of Manila from the rear seat of a horse-drawn kalesa.

Program No. 468
-From Vietnam - The 1st Infantry Division is putting former Viet Cong volunteers to good use as scouts for U.S. units in the field. This "Kit Carson Scout" program has been very successful. (Reporter: SP Dick Hilden)
-From Taiwan - We meet Sergeant Walsh, the unofficial Irish ambassador to the Republic of China. Sgt. Walsh takes a week off for St. Patrick's Day and celebrates with his Chinese friends. (Reporter: Will Thompson)
-From Japan - A visit to the Armed Forces Criminal Investigation laboratory at Camp Zama, one of the three that now exist worldwide. (Reporter: Bill Verdier)
-From Taiwan - Seaman Bob Ray Davis of the Navy Medical Research Unit #2 tells the amusing story of being offered a chieftan's daughter in marriage when he was on a mission in Borneo.

Program No. 469
-From Vietnam - We meet an Army deep sea diver employed in salvage work near Vung Tau. (Reporter: SGM Don Cosgrove)
-From Vietnam - A report on the Civic Action program conducted by the 4th Infantry Division for the betterment of living conditions in the native villages. (Reporter: Will Thompson)
-From Korea - Sergeant Milton Harrigan of the 2nd Infantry Division was involved in a recent incident in which North Koreans ambushed an American patrol. He describes the action. (Reporter: Will Thompson)
-From Korea - The American security officer at Panmunjom during a meeting of the Armistice Commission tells how the North Koreans accuse Americans of not following the rules. He is not very impressed by the accusations of the Communists.

Program No. 470
-From Vietnam - We hear about the new "people sniffer" used in Vietnam to locate Viet Cong in the jungles. This report from the chemical section of the 1st Infantry Division. (Reporter: Will Thompson)
-From Thailand - At the R&R Center in Bangkok we find out how the troops from Vietnam spend their time during their five-day leave. (Reporter: Will Thompson)
-From Vietnam - Free phone calls to the folks back home from a hospital at Vung Tau is the subject of this report. The system is called the Military Affiliate Radio System, or MARS for short. (Reporter: SGM Don Cosgrove)
-From Taiwan - Major Jerome Duffy has saved the lives of two people suffering from snake bites and was recently decorated by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. He describes the incidents.

Written and Produced by: Will Thompson
Narrated by: SFC Herb Nesmith