Town / Map Help

[historyguy]

Anyone here have a wartime map of South Korea? I'm looking for a coastal city, two words (can only read 3 of the 6 letters of the first word),

SA _ _ _ A - Myon

I cannot find it on any of my maps. Goodle, which usually works for such things, is of no help. (I'm guessing the spelling/name of the city has changed in the past 60 years.) Anyone have an idea, please let me know.

Thanks!

[AMAC50]

Most names have changed since the war, either to go with the new translations of the name. A good many coastal villages/towns have been swallowed by larger cities expanding. Busan, old Pusan is such an area.

Do you have a time frame or action that your town was involved in? I do research and satellite imagery of NKPA underground military site and get free time to look around and would be glad to look south. I just need a little more information, if a psecific unit was involved, date time frame, actions, anything you have can help.

Jim

[historyguy]

Jim,

I guess "Myon" is a term for a group of small towns or villages, not a specific city?

There is a Samcha-do in the Pansong Archipelago in North Korea, but I doubt US ships were operating that far north.

There is a Samch · ŏk on the southeast coast of Korea, could that have been referred to as "Samcha - Myon?"

Anyway, the USS Pickaway was there in early June 1953. (Interent sites regarding the Pickaway only mention operations in Korea and don't give any specific port call for June 1953.)

[AMAC50]

let me look around, I have some sources for naval operations. And I'll look south when I get down time. I'm thinking it will be south of Wonsan by the dates. I'll keep you posted as to what i find.

LOL, I knew the USS PIckaway from the early 1960's. I don't know if you checked here but there is an old thread at www.koreanwar.org http://www.koreanwar.org/html/units/...s_pickaway.htm It's a god source for looking for old budddies and information.

Jim