Det A, 177th USASA Company P-Y-Do Korea Radio Direction Finding Detachment

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Det C, 177th ASA Company
DF Outstation 12th USASAFS

Just Where Was Det A?

Tom, I have been trying to determine exactly where it was, but to no avail. I do know that it was on the North East portion of the island, about 200 yards from the beach. When we performed our monthly calibration procedures, we would set the transit in the middle of the Crossed U Adcock antenna, in order to make sure that the target antenna was set exactly at every 10 degrees. As we did that, we could look through the transit and see the N. Korean guns pointed our way. ( I believed that they were pointed directly at our hut). There was a fighting trench dug just a few yards from high tide level. I have tried to find the trench using Google Satellite photos, but I wasn't sure if I was looking at the trench or a road.

Sorry, but this is about the best that I can do after almost 50 years.
Neil Piercey

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I'm now hosting Dave Johnson's P-Y-do site on a sub-domain as a separate site. Dave is retiring, but wanted a home for his site to remain available for those interested. I'm happy to help. TomH