Bookman street photos

One of my favorite photographers has been running a series of street photos the past several days. The street is in Seoul, South Korea. Didn't quite get to Seoul back in the early '60's though we did have an exercise at Inchon which is part of the Seoul National Capital Area. You remember Inchon as the place that General MacArthur had the landing that surprised the North Koreans back in 1950 after they, the North Koreans, had marched south and were about to drive the US/ROK forces into the sea. My memories of the 1962 exercise include extreme caution on the part of the LST's because of the great tidal flats of the area - meaning that you had better have your timing down pretty good or you will be stranded on the beach if you make a mistake or take too long in your offloading. I also remember being out at sea and on watch up on deck in the frigid cold of Korean winter - our deck had yet to be enclosed so we got the full brunt of the nasty, freezing weather. Not too pleasant. The area, like Yokosuka, changed dramatically over the last forty some years. Did you know that Seoul is one of the largest cities in the world with over ten million people? Inchon (now spelled Incheon) has 2.6 million people. Wow.