Camp Henry

Camp Henry
Nam District, Daegu, South Korea
Official crest of United States Army Garrison Daegu
Type	Army post
Site information
Owner	United States
Controlled by	United States Army
Site history
Built	1921
In use	1960 - present

Camp Henry is an U.S. military base in Daegu, South Korea. Camp Henry was named in 1960 after First lieutenant Frederick F. Henry,who served with Company F, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. Camp Henry is located in the Nam-gu District of Daegu City on 51 acres16 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. The USAG - Daegu is responsible for managing all U.S. Army installations within the Area IV geographic region, which covers the lower third of the Korean peninsula stretching south from Daejeon to Busan. It also provides support to sister services in Area IV, including those stationed at Fleet Activities Chinhae (U.S. Navy) in Jinhae and Camp Mujuk (U.S. Marine Corps) in Pohang. Area IV is the largest of the U.S. Army’s four geographic regions in the Republic of Korea covering about 10,000 square miles. The USAG - Daegu (mission formerly held by the 20th Area Support Group until 16 October 2003 and later deactivated; then by the Area IV Support Activity until it’s redesignation as USAG - Daegu on 28 March 2007) has been a Department of the Army finalist in the Army Community of Excellence (ACOE) Program. The unit has received 12 Department of the Army and Eighth United States Army ACOE awards since the program was created in 1988 and the Daegu enclave was named the Army’s best small overseas installation that year. The USAG-Daegu was also named the winner of the Department of the Army Community Relations Award for Excellence in the ongoing programs category in fiscal year 2004 for its efforts to build ties with the Korean community. The Daegu enclave, which includes Camps Henry, Walker and George, has a population of about 5,000. There are about 1,400 U.S. Army Soldiers, which comprise the largest segment of the population. Other members of the community include Department of Army civilian employees, contractors, Korean national employees, KATUSA(Korean Augmentation to The United States Army) Soldiers, and non-command sponsored family members. Major tenant units on Camp Henry are the 19th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and the 403rd Army Field Support Brigade—Korea (Provisional).

Camp Henry was built by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1921 and served as the headquarters for General Jiro Minami, the Governor-General of Korea (1936-1942) and the supreme ruler of colonized Korea, and the Japanese forces located in the Daegu City area. During the Korean War, the camp saw little action because it was inside the northern edge of hat became known as the Pusan Perimeter. The camp was used by the Korean Army after its liberation from Japan in 1945 and then the United States after the Korean War. The camp was memorialized in May 1960 in honor of First Lieutenant Frederick F. Henry, who served with Company F, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. Henry was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for action near Andong, Korea on 1 September 1950.