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Camp Casey (Korean: 캠프 케이시) is a U.S. military base in Dongducheon (also sometimes spelled Tongduchŏn or TDC), South Korea, 40 miles (64 km) north of Seoul, South Korea. Camp Casey was named in 1952 after Major Hugh Boyd Casey , who was killed in a plane crash near the camp site during the Korean War.
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Fort Qualls referred to the pro-Bush encampment near US President George W. Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch, which launched a demonstration to counter "Camp Casey" in downtown Crawford. It was named "Fort Qualls" in honor of Marine Lance Corporal Louis Wayne Qualls (20), who was killed in Fallujah, Iraq , in the fall of 2004.
The unit first activated on 10 June 1944 in the United States, under the command of Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger.The Eighth Army took part in many of the amphibious landings in the Southwest Pacific Theater of World War II, eventually participating in no less than sixty of them.
The 210th Field Artillery Brigade, also known as "the Thunder", is a U.S. Army field artillery brigade forward deployed in the Republic of Korea.Its mission is "On order, 210th Field Artillery Brigade provides fires in support of ACC Operations and Ground Component Commander's (GCC's) counter fire fight.
Camp Casey can refer to: Camp Casey, South Korea, a U.S. Army base in South Korea; Camp Casey, Crawford, Texas, an encampment outside the George W. Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas during his five-week vacation there in August 2005; Camp Casey, any of several Union Army training camps named for Major General Silas Casey including where "colored ...
Casey is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. [8] Shortly after his death, the 1st Corps Reserve training area in Korea was named Camp Casey in his honor. [9] The Hugh B. Casey memorial Award was established in his honor for the "most outstanding soldier of the 7th Infantry Regiment" of the 3rd Infantry Division. [10] [11]
Camp Nimble was a US military facility located in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, across the Chuncheon River from Camp Casey. Closed and returned in July 2006, it was home to the 2nd Infantry Division's A and B Companies of the 702nd Main Support Battalion .