This website was created and maintained from May 2020 to May 2021 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Stars and Stripes operations in the Pacific.
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6th Medical Depot, 1959
STOCK IS CHECKED at the 6th Medical Depot, Ascom, Korea, by Sgt. Jose Burgos (left), assistant non-commissioned officer in charge of the loose issue section, and Sgt. Felipe Borrios (right), stock checker. The depot supplies all types of medicines and medical supplies and equipment to United Nations Forces in Korea. Distributing medicine, medical supplies and equipment to United Nations Forces throughout the Republic of Korea is only part of the function of the 6th Medical Depot at ASCOM, South Korea. The huge supply center, under command of Lt. Col. Stanford R. Benner, also repairs all types of hospital and dental equipment and grinds lenses for eyeglasses.
, assistant non-commissioned officer in charge of the loose issue section, and Sgt. Felipe Borrios (right), stock checker. The depot supplies all types of medicines and medical supplies and equipment to United Nations Forces in Korea. Distributing medicine, medical supplies and equipment to United Nations Forces throughout the Republic of Korea is only part of the function of the 6th Medical Depot at ASCOM, South Korea. The huge supply center, under command of Lt. Col. Stanford R. Benner, also repairs all types of hospital and dental equipment and grinds lenses for eyeglasses.
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