William Armour Murdoch

Republic of South Korea 1957-1959: the Challenge to the People After Occupation and War William Armour Murdoch

The author served in the United States Army Medical Corps in the South Pacific in World War II. Thankfully for America and the now free Republic of Korea America and its' allies won that war. This allowed us an opportunity to contribute toward The Republic of South Korea's socio-economic and industrial successes. The South Korean construction contractor's management, staff are part of this story. Under great odds they eventually established a viable construction contractor base. They performed construction work for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District building military facilities. Forty-five years ago the author a Civil Service Construction Contract Administrator and his staff helped understand and solve the unique problems faced by our office and the contractors to get the job done under insurmountable challenges. The capable men and women of "The Seoul Builder's Club," and their members should today be proud of their past accomplishments. This memoir and history is dedicated to "The Seoul Builder's Club," of Seoul in the Republic of South Korea.