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Dongducheon or Tongduchon in South Korea is a basement camp for the US Army near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) named the Camp Casey Korea.
Camp Casey was nomenclatured in 1952 after Officer Major Hugh Boyd Casey. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for hostile action at Hungnam Beachhead while he was associated with the 7th Infantry Regiment and 3d Infantry Division. He later was promoted to the Commanding General of the 3d Infantry Division. He was killed in a light aircraft crash, in 1951,and here was where the camp was built and named in his honor.
Camp Castle and neighboring Camp Hovey are the main armor and the mechanized setting hold infantry elements that belong to the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea. U.S. Army soldiers recently settling in South Korea are called as "Turtles" which is because of their term and tenure of one year tour that many service people serve in Korea. It takes almost one year from the day their arrival and joining to move the distance of 3 meters to build the out processing building. Camp Casey Korea is located approximately forty miles North of Seoul. It occupies nearly 3500 acres. The entire area of Dongducheon or Tongduchon is referred to as TDC by the soldiers.
Camp Casey Korea was officially memorialized in January 1952, when the 3d withdrew from Korea, Camp Casey Korea was overtaken by the 2d Infantry Division which was later developed into Headquarters for the 7th Infantry Division. In 1971 the 2d Infantry Division reoccupied Camp Casey Korea once more.
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