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Pictures of H Jones in Korea 1953

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Hugh Jones, now living in BC Canada, sent these photos of his time in Korea and the Middle East in 1953.
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Hugh and Bill West at Aqaba, Jordan.
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APO and sign over the door way from which the POWs were released. Hugh writes: Our OC had the job of taking the mail for the British POWs in Korea. He took the mail to Pamunjom and with precise timing entered a tent at the same time as a North Korean officer, to meet face to face at the table. Both saluted each other, then exchanged mail bags.
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Bak Hung-Woo and his younger brother
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Mail sorting at the L of C PU RE Fanara, Egypt 1953
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Bill Miloy and Jake ? in the yard behind the bank Seoul APO.
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Bak Hung-Woo and Sgt Barnard NCOi/c Seoul APO, in the yard behind the bank.
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Bill Miloy and Pals outside APO Bank building Seoul. Hugh writes: In Korea during the war the airmail would arrive at Kimpo (K9) in the mid morning, from Tokyo I think…From Kimpo it was taken into Seoul to the Army Post Office located in a bank in the Forward Maintenance area. The Commonwealth Division was located 20 miles north of Seoul on the Imjim river where it cuts across the 38 parallel.
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Posties and RAF crew at RAF Fayid, Egypt,1953 – Hugh is the one wearing the hat.

APO S917 – Gloucester Valley on the Imjin River

George Cleasby sent in these photos of his time in Korea in 1953 .

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George sorting mail in APO S917. (Note: the collapsible sorting frame – does anything change?) The FPO was deployed in support of the 1st Commonwealth Div
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Sorting mail outside APO S917 on Christmas day 1953
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George and his medal ribbons outside APO S917
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The mail truck outside APO S917

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