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Running Wild on a US Base in the RoK: Author Remembers Childhood As Son of Camp Casey MP 

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 By admin

“And being on the American Army bases, where we were pretty much left alone, we had no supervision at all unless we got into some major trouble. So the Army bases were like huge parks for us. We could basically, you know, do whatever we wanted. And we got into lots of mischief, taking things out of dumpsters and selling them on the local economy.

FADEL: Yeah, on the black market.

FENKL: Yes. You know, in the novel, I talk about going through the ruins of the burnt down 121st military Evacuation Hospital and, you know, selling the remnants that we found on the black market.”

Here’s the book:

Source: Fenkl’s ‘Skull Water’ delves into friendship, belonging and displacement : NPR

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