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| Da Kang Shan Radar Site circa late 1960s courtesy of Ralph Henricks |
Here is our list of Radar Stations once manned by US Military personal in Taiwan.
Radar Stations in Taiwan
1. Shimen - Northern Taiwan
Along the Coast.
2. Shong Sun Mountain
- North Of Taipei
3. San Diego Mountain - East of Taipei
4. Lo Shan Mountain - North East of Taichung in the Mountains
5. Hualien - A city on the East Coast of Taiwan
6. Wapu - North of Taichung near the coast
7. Da Kang Shan - Just North East of Kang Shan Air Force
Base. Da Kang Shan is about half way between Tainan and Kaohsiung
to the East at 22.842511 120.343834.
8. Tahan Shan - South East of Ping Tung in the Mountains
9. Oluanpi - Southern tip of Taiwan
10. Penghu - Islands off the east coast of Taiwan
We have 4 folks who have checked-in from the Shihmen Radar site and are on our listing of US Military folks who served in Taiwan.
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4 comments:
I was stationed on Taiwan in 1958-59 with the 1st Marine Air Wing, Marine Air Group 11. The MAG was stationed at Ping Tung, but my outfit, Marine Air Control Squadron, One (MACS-1)was on the mountain in Kaohsiung. I enjoyed our stay except for the hepatitis.
Charles Benedict, 1st Marine Division, 1st MAW, Mag-11, Macs-1.
This pic was taken in Lo Shan Mountain Radar Station
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I worked through three 1969 typhoons at the remote-isolated Lo Shan (Happy Mtn.) radar station, OL-AE, atop an 8,600-foot remote location, perhaps 60 miles from our main support base, Ching Chuan Kang in Taichung. We answered to HQs in Taibei's Kungkuan. It was an ordeal to resupply our site's 200 Chinese and 36 Americans, four of whom controlled USAF spy missions from a subterranean bunker control room beneath two giant geodesic radomes. I was one of four USAF officers who manned the site 24/7/365. Our crews were split 2/2 so we worked two weeks up and one week down, performing resupply for the crews. We had a swell helipad, but it was VERY seldom used. Only one chopper on the island (Taiwan Provincial Govt) had one that could negotiate the steep canyons, crosswinds, fog, etc. that made flying perilous. We got occasional Jolly Greens (IG teams, etc.) fly there out of Clark AB, Philippines. Two typhoons, Elsie and Flossie, destroyed the 1948 Jamesway shelter we used for a hooch. Left without power or running water, we survived weeks on C rations until the CAF C-119 Boxcars paradrop us food. U.S. flights, C-130s with fancy LAPES systems, dropped our food over the mountainside into the Straits. Our roads were washed out for weeks by floods, avalanches, etc. The radar originally was located at Weipu, a pleasant coastal town near Hsinchu. USAF moved it to the high peaks hoping to enhance radar returns, but the opposite occurred with increased ground clutter. Of the five radar sites on the tropical island, ours was the ONLY one where it snowed! We also had to drive over 12,000-foot Big Snow (Ta Hsueh) Mtn. just to reach our road at Chutung. Big Snow, with its flying foxes, since has become a national park, favorite of hikers and climbers from nay nations.
To Charles Benedict, I was with Max 1 from October 1958 until August 1959 my name is Fred Walker perhaps you remember me or possibly John donovan, Bill Trail, or Russ Allen. My email is fredmwalk@gmail.com
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