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Camp Page also known as K-47 Air Base was a former US Army base located near Chunchon, South Korea which was closed on 1 April 2005. It enclosed 157.2 acres in North Central South Korea, near Chunchon City, 48 miles north of Seoul, in the Kangwon province.〔Evinger, William R. 1998. Directory of US Military Bases Worldwide. Oryx Press. Third edition. Page 278.〕 It remains in use by the Republic of Korea Army as an army aviation base. ==Base history== "Citizens from the South Korean city of Chunchon said goodbye to U.S. soldiers serving at Camp Page in a ceremony last week marking the end of a 54-year mission. The base, it’s major feature an airstrip built after Chunchon was recaptured from communist forces in March 1951, is due to close by the end of next month, officials have said. The U.S. 8th Army announced this week that one of the Camp Page units, the 542nd Medical Evacuation Company, including about 120 soldiers and their equipment, will move to Fort Campbell, Ky., by April. Another Camp Page unit, the 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, will move to Camp Eagle, near the South Korean city of Wonju, about an hour’s drive south of Chunchon, according to an 8th US Army statement."〔("Korean neighbors say goodbye as Camp Page prepares to close." ) by Seth Robson. Stars and Stripes. February 28, 2005.〕 "In 1951, Eighth US Army engineers prepared the runway in a burned out section of a newly recaptured town, at what would become Camp Page. On 30 January 1958 the last units of the 100th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion arrived from Japan taking up headquarters at what was known as Camp Page. Subsequently the Battalion was joined by Infantry, Engineer, Signal and Supply units and was redesigned the 4th Missile Command, a major subordinate command of the Eighth United States Army. The "Last of a Breed," the 4th Missile Command celebrated its 20th and final anniversary on 27 April 1978 and was totally inactivated in June 1978. Only the Weapons Support Detachment-Korea was retained to carry on the rites of St. Barber, and it to was inactivated in September 1990."〔("Camp Page." )〕 USAG Camp Page was named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Col. John U. D. Page. John Upshur Dennis Page (February 8, 1904 – December 11, 1950) was an United States Army officer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Lieutenant Colonel Page received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. Other American servicemen who were honored at Camp Page for their ultimate sacrifice included Staff Sergeant Robert E. Quash, who died of a heart attack while with the First Battalion of the 42nd Artillery. He was only 30 years old, and was a native of Junction City, Kansas.〔Atchison Daily Globe. November 17, 1965. Page 11.〕 In memoriam, a tree was planted in his honor on the post. Another American serviceman died on the post. A/Sgt Reginald L. Alexander, "Who died in the performance of duty for his country." He died on December 27, 1977, at age 22. A memorial plaque in his honor was placed on the grounds of Camp Page. There were 152 buildings on the site in 2006, enclosing 725,733 square feet.〔http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA471851 Department of Defense Base Structure Report (A Summary of DoD's Real Property Inventory) Fiscal Year 2006 Baseline. Corporate Author: OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (INSTALLATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT) WASHINGTON DC. Report Date: 2006. Page ARMY-86.〕 "In 1964, 2nd Lt. William Ford, a recent graduate of the University of Oklahoma Army ROTC program, was headed to South Korea for his first assignment. 2nd Lt. William Ford poses with the Fourth Launcher Section, Battery B, 1st Missile Battalion, 42nd Artillery at Camp Page, South Korea in June 1965. Upon arrival in Korea, the young Field Artillery Officer was assigned to Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery at Camp Page near Chuncheon. His unit maintained responsibility for artillery in the defense of the Korean Demilitarized Zone."〔("Veteran recalls service in letter to Chuncheon mayor." ) By Maj. David Jensen, Eighth Army Operational Fires and Effects Directorate.〕 A Chinese commercial airplane was hijacked by six defectors in 1983, who forced the plane to fly over North Korea airspace and landed the airplane safely at Camp Page. "US Officials said the three engine jet, which resembles a Boeing 727, landed at Camp Page, an American military base near Chunchon.〔("Chinese Airplane Hijacked, Forced to Land in South Korea." ) ''Lodi News-Sentinel'', Lodi, California. May 6, 1983. Page 26.〕 Later, another newspaper reported the fate of the hijackers: "In 1983, six Chinese hijacked a plane to South Korea. They were imprisoned for less than a year and resettled in Taiwan, where they received heroes' welcomes."〔("Chinese Jumbo Jet Flying to New York Is Hijacked." ) AP reporter. ''New York Times''. December 16, 1989.〕 Another newspaper wrote about the diplomatic aspects of the hijacking. "When six Chinese defectors hijacked a domestic airliner to South Korea last week, they unwittingly initiated a breakthrough in Chinese-South Korean relations. The airliner, a British-built Trident with 105 people on board, was on a scheduled flight from Shenyang in Manchuria to Shanghai. An hour after takeoff, the hijackers shot their way into the cockpit and eventually forced the pilot to land the plane in South Korea. But as the immediate drama of the situation faded, it was replaced by excitement over the longer-term implications of the incident. From the South Korean point of view, better relations with North Korea's main ally could help to lessen tension on the divided peninsula and would considerably strengthen the south's position vis-a-vis North Korea."〔("Hijacking of jetliner is a windfall for South Korea's relations with China." ) By Jacqueline Reditt, Special to The Christian Science Monitor. Christian Science Monitor. May 11, 1983.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Camp Page」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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