Archive photo of the day
ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAYSungnam Orphanage, 1960
Stars and Stripes
July 26, 2019
James Vestal ©Stars and StripesSeoul, South Korea, October, 1960: Children watch as Lt. Col. Fred J. Ruff, left, and Chaplain (Maj.) William H. Briggs paint window frames at the Sungnam Orphanage. Ruff, his wife Annie D. Ruff, and the men from the 6146th Air Force Advisory Group have been working to build a permanent home for the 77 young residents of the orphanage, located south of the Han River bridge.
RELATED MATERIAL: Stars and Stripes' 1960 story about the orphanage construction project.