Anyang City: Certificate of Honorary Citizenship, Seoksu-dong: Site of 83rd Ordnance Battalion, Site of Maximum Aecurity Area, also know as Camp Thompson, Buddhist temple, Anyang City Sister-City banquet: 2 October 2003

Photographs by Neil Mishalov and Ms. Wolae Jung

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The train line with Anyang City in the background	The creek that flows down through the Anyang Recreation Area	Erosion control work is being done on the creek bed and embankment

Mr. Kim Ji-Seok, Historical Materials curator, Anyang City. Mr. Kim is leading this expedition	Mr. Kim poing out a landmark that was photographed by me in 1968-69	Neil Mishalov and Robert S. Lawrence. Who would have guessed we would be back in Seoksu-dong!

In the Anyang Recreation Area	Anyang Recreation Area merchants looking at photos of the area fron '68-'69	Lunch in Seoksu-dong. Mr. Kim Ji-Seok, Ms Chun Su-Jin, reporter for the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper, Bob Lawrence and on the left, Ms. Hur Sook-Hee, a cultural representative from Anyang City

A delicious lunch	Ms. Chun Su-Jin, Journalist GO HERE: To read the article she wrote in English in the Joong Ang Daily on 23 October 2003	Ms. Hur Sook-Hee

Girls saying hello in Seoksu-dong	The MSA (Maximum Security Area) also know as Camp Thompson starting in mid 1969. Now operated by the Korean military. A missile displayed on a pedestal	The MSA site is now operated by the Korean 50th Ammo Battalion



After some discussion with Mr. Kim Ji-Seok, the commanding authority allowed use to have a tour of the site	I initially thought this long brick building was a barracks. It is actually an operations center	Entering the Operations Center. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to take pictures from within the MSA, but I did take a few surreptitious pictures

The MSA, Camp Thompson	The MSA, Camp Thompson	The MSA, Camp Thompson

The MSA, Camp Thompson	The MSA, Camp Thompson	The MSA, Camp Thompson

The MSA, Camp Thompson, helecopter landing pad	The MSA, Camp Thompson	When I was here in '68-'69, the MSA was the only military installation on the road. Now there are a number of military compounds along the road from Anyang City

Mr. Kim; we are in front of the MSA and are looking down the road towards Anyang City	The road from Anyang City to the MSA