Camp Henry (Korean: 캠프 헨리) is a U.S. military base in Daegu, South Korea. Camp Henry was named in 1960 after First LieutenantFrederick F. Henry, who served with F Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. Camp Henry is located in the Nam-gu District of Daegu City on 16 acres (0.065 km2). It consists primarily of administrative buildings and community support facilities. The U.S. Army Garrison - Daegu, headquartered at Camp Henry in Daegu, manages the installation and provides base operations services for the people who live and or work at Camp Carroll. Major tenant units on Camp Henry are the 19th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and the 403rd Army Field Support Brigade—Korea (Provisional).
Built by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1921, what became known as Camp Henry served as the headquarters for Jirō Minami, Governor-General of Korea between 1936 and 1942, as well as Japanese forces stationed in the Daegu area. When Korea was liberated from Japan in 1945, the camp was taken over by the Republic of Korea Army. During the Korean War, the camp saw little action because of its location inside the northern edge of the Pusan Perimeter. After the Korean War, the camp was used by the United States. In May 1960, the camp was named after First Lieutenant Frederick Henry, a Korean War Medal of Honor recipient.[1]
The 19th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), formerly known as the 19th Theater Support Command, is the Army's first Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) to transform. It provides logistical support to the various Camp Henry Daegu, Republic of Korea "ARMY STRONG" subordinate units assigned to the 8th United States Army located throughout the Republic of Korea. Its Headquarters and Headquarters Company is located at Camp Walker.
The 403rd Army Field Support Brigade—Korea (Provisional) was initially established in April 1986 as the Logistics Assistance Office – Far East. The command was officially organized as Army Materiel Command – Far East in July 1987. Its mission is to provide oversight of AMC activities in the Pacific Theater and serve as the Army Material Command focal point for logistics and readiness issues in support of United States Army Pacific Command, United States Army Japan, and the Eighth United States Army.
Since March 1985, the following officers have served as commander of Headquarters, 20th Area Support Group, which held both the base operations and combat service support missions in Area IV; Headquarters, Area IV Support Activity, which assumed the base operations mission from the 20th Area Support Group on 5 August 2004 and finally the Headquarters, U.S. Army Garrison - Daegu when the Area IV Support Activity was redesignated on 28 March 2007.
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