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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2033903, member: 32619&quot;]<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/osan-1-10-obv.2149/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/osan-1-10-rev.2148/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Photos are from the seller (who gave permission but didn&#039;t want to be identified) I couldn&#039;t wait to make my own scans.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Osan Air Base was designed and build by aviation engineers subsequent to Capt Millet&#039;s charge at Hill 180 pushing back the North&#039;s forces beyond the 38th parallel. On 26 December 1952 the 18th Fighter Bomber Wing landed and conducted air superiority missions through the rest of the war. Osan was originally named Osan-ni for the nearby city on the map, though it&#039;s about 8 miles away. I&#039;m a little confused about the names - originally different sites in Korea were identified by a &quot;K&quot; number, and Osan was K-55. I believe the &quot;K&quot; numbers were used only during the war. In 1956 the name was changed from Osan-ni to Osan. After the armistice was signed Osan was largely ignored with threats in Europe and Cuba. There were a couple situations during the Cold War years with the North and the U.S. realized the importance of properly maintaining the base. Osan Air Base has the distinction of being the most forward deployed air base in the United States and today A-10, F-16s, U-2s, and a missile battery operate there.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I was stationed there from Jan 2013-2014 and worked on A-10s and F-16s. I think Osan is a great assignment. I was fortunate to be stationed with a great group of people and we had lots of work and fun together. Worst things about being stationed there was being away from my family for a year and the weather. It&#039;s much too hot and humid in the summer and too cold in the winter. It reminded me of my hometown in Indiana.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>These tokens are KR1450a, KR1450l, and another KR1450a. Cunningham lists that at least the KR1450a and possibly all the 1450s were no longer used past 1972. In my collection I currently have one other Osan token (I forget the number...maybe I&#039;ll post later) and one for K-55. The seller said he picked these up in Germany when he was stationed there and brought them back stateside. He offered them for a price I felt was too high but a couple days later he brought it down and I made an offer. It was declined but I accepted his counter offer and I think it was a fair price. Osan tokens haven&#039;t come up very often over the last two years. I&#039;ve seen 3 and bought two of them. The third pops up every now and again from a seller in Australia who wants too much. So needless to say, I&#039;m very excited about adding these to my collection.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Edit: The Korean War is important to me, I feel a little connected to it anyway. Should anyone be interested in K sites the following link is useful: <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/k_sites/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/k_sites/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/k_sites/</a> Also I highly recommend &quot;This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History&quot; by&nbsp; T.R. Fehrenbach.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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