US Taiwan Defense Command

Sarj sent me several photos of his trips to Sun Moon Lake. Today I'm posting the shots he took of the aborigines who live in that regio...

Three more early 1960s postcards from Sarj. Once again, I've included the descriptions on the reverse above each photo. The Presidentia...

More postcards from the early 1960s contributed by Sarj. (The writing on some of the cards was contributed by his kids.) I'll post mo...

Back in November, I wrote some articles about the events leading up to the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Taiwan . Much of my information ...

The hotels in Taipei used to sell little packets of postcards. I don't remember what they cost, but I'm sure it wasn't very mu...

When I was at USTDC, the exchange rate for US dollars to New Taiwan (NT) dollars was forty to one. I think today's rate is about thirt...

I seldom shopped at the commissary in the HSA compound because I lived in the hostel and rarely prepared food. I had a refrigerator, an ele...

Back in the 1970s there was a columnist for the Army Times Publishing Company (Army, Air Force and Navy Times) by the name of Fred Reed. A ...

Les Duffin has sent several photos from a publication called Taiwan Report - Taipei Edition, which was a booklet mailed to service people wh...