I am bringing these films back to the Taipei Air Station Blog for those who have not seen them.
They're worth watching again!
Larry Kelley served in the US Air Force assigned to Shu Linkou Air Station..
The 3 videos he filmed were shot around the Shu Linkou Air Station area, on the hills above and outside of Taipei.
These films will remind all of us of how life was 50 years ago.
Sit back, put your feet up, relax, take a few minutes to watch each of these films.
Video 1 begins in a taxi cab making its way toward Shu Linkou.
Video 2 begins in the tea fields of the Linkou area, moves on to find US Air Force men on a march,
(that march must have been a 1st.)
(that march must have been a 1st.)
The Air Force men run across Nationalist Army soldiers dug-in defensive positions amongst the fields of Linkou.
Video 3 continues in the fields surrounding Linkou.
I really enjoyed these films, they touched my heart.
Those of us who were fortunate enough to have served in Taiwan can appreciate the tremondus changes that have taken place in the past 50 years.
I appreciate those men who came before us. Each one of us who served in Taiwan left some part of our lives in Taiwan......
Thank you to Larry Kelley for sharing his beautiful films...
2 comments:
Wonderful footage, thank you. I was chatting with a taxi driver (my age ~55) in TaiZhong, last week. Out of the blue he said "If it were not for the US's help, there may not be a Taiwan, today." Similar comments from a fisherman I met a few years ago, in Kenting. That alone should be enough to make you guys feel proud for serving in Taiwan back in the day...
Gads there Kent ! The music and the video sure pulled at my heart strings. Touching videos. During Larry Kelley's time, I think their attitude towards Taiwan was heart felt. Fast forwood 9-10 years, during my time, after I married Kate, I realized how poor Taiwan was, and tried to treat Taiwan and her people with a little more respect and compassion. Her people didn.t have much back in those days. It was obvious when one came across a CAF guard out in the boondocks, in their little crete shacks,no electricity, with their WWII single bolt action carbines and their ammo wrapped carefully in newsprint.(During times in the day, they had to don their gas masks and fix bayonets). Sometimes I think I thought I was better then them, I was above them. Look at all a 19yr old kid from the States had and they didn't. It was an education later, to be humbled by it all.
Post a Comment