William Murdoch

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

The author served in the United States Army MedicalCorps in the South Pacific in World War II. Thankfully for America and the nowfree Republic of Korea America and its' allies won that war. This allowed us anopportunity to contribute toward The Republic of South Korea's socio-economicand industrial successes. The South Korean construction contractor'smanagement, staff are part of this story.¿Under great odds they eventually established a viable constructioncontractor base.¿ They performedconstruction work for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Far EastDistrict building military facilities. Forty-five years ago the author a CivilService Construction Contract Administrator and his staff helped understand andsolve the unique problems faced by our office and the contractors to get thejob done under insurmountable challenges. The capable men and women of "The Seoul Builder'sClub," and their members should today be proud of their past accomplishments. This memoir and history is dedicated to "The SeoulBuilder's Club," of Seoul in the Republic of South Korea.