Lloyd Brinkley Ramsey photograph album #2, 1959 October-1960 February

Physical access and technical requirements:

Almost none of the photographs are numbered. They are all mounted, and are chiefly 4x5 inches in size, with a fair number of glossy 8x10 inch and 3/ 18 inch square prints.

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Box 2

Scope and content:

This album includes approximately 82 photographs with typed captions and some newspaper clippings, and dates from October 1959 through March 1960. It includes many group photographs of Korean and American military officers, including officials from the Chinese embassy, as well as many snapshots of then-Colonel Lloyd Ramsey. Other images show interiors at the National War College near Kisan, Korea, including the NDC library, auditorium, typing room, and leadership's offices. There is one photo of General Paik Sun-yup, Korea's first four-star general, who died at 100 on July 10, 2020. In Korea, Paik's death sparked a controversy on his pro-Japanese activities during the colonial period.

A small sticker on the cover is labeled "Orig. Honest John," referring to a newly-developed missile visible in several images during a visit to the 4th U.S. Guided Missile Command. Other visits were to Ewha University, a women's school, and to a market.

There are many images of dinners, meetings, and parties chiefly hosted by Korean military officials, along with Korean women referred to as "hostesses." There are some family snapshots of Ramsey's wife and children.

One clipping documents meetings of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group (PROV-MAAG-K) in 1959.

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