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Brock appears with three other members of his squad (same tent & same missions). Brock can identifiy Robbie, the African American jeep driver from Wisconsin sitting at the front. The other two soldiers Brock cannot identify. He believes that both of these men were from the North and were replacements for original squad members. A jeep appears parked in front of the 2nd Division Friendship Home in the background of this photo. The orphanage was built in June of 1952 at Chong P'yong-Ni by Korean carpenters. Brock's squad was transported by truck to work at the home. They stayed in a tent set up in a grown-up area near the orphanage and a civilian population. Squad members had to take turns pulling guard duty to insure their tent was secure. This squad from Company D of the 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion insulated the overhead of the orphanage where the ceiling had been sweating.A meeting between the mayor of Kapyong province and 2nd Division Commander General James C. Fry in June of 1952 spawned the idea of building a division-sponsored orphanage, the 2nd Division Friendship Home. Soldiers of the division contributed monthly to a fund, and within five months, nearly $38,000 was raised. Korean contractors at the Chongpyong-ni site began construction on the 24-bedroom facility on September 20, 1952. The orphanage featured a recreation hall/study, dining hall, kitchen, bathrooms, washroom, employee living quarters, and storage room. Four officers and five enlisted men comprised the board of governors for the home. The...

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