I was in 4th and 5th grade there from 84-86. I bet I crossed paths with Norah. Not sure if she was the same grade or a year older. I lived in the same duplexes. This brings back so many memories.
I cant wait for the conservative states to secede from the USS the United States of socialism, and watch the 10 to 20 cesspools to swiftly die in their own filfth.
As a Korean who resides inUS now, I can’t thank enough for all US military personnel who have sacrificed their lives and for still stationing in Korea to keep S. Korea safe from North Korea. Also I thanks Norah for returning to an old Army base to reminisce her childhood growing up in a tight military community, not only heighten my gratitude of military presence in South Korea, as the younger generation who have grown up the decades after Korean War era don’t share the same view but also showed Norah’s personable approach and her natural ability to communicate. I am her fan now!
I went to the same school she did. I didn't knew she was a student at Seoul American Elementary School. Not sure if I had seen that girl like Norah. I've seen a lot of kids similar like her when she was young.
She lies on the evening news, and she lies right here, expecting us to believe that she was enlisted in the air force, employed by the us gov and ronald regan parked his helicopter in her yard so that he could conduct important School of the Americas moves with Child Nora. What a joke.
That exact colonel family housing is where I first tried beer in 8th grade. We mixed orange juice with it lol. So many nostalgic memories growing up as an army brat. It was such an amazing experience to meet friends from all over the world. Believe it or not, it was a perfect utopia, microcosm of an ideal United States. No racism or poverty. That was summer of 1993.
Our family lived in a DoD satellite housing complex south of the Han and I took the bus to Seoul American Elementary. That was in the early 80s. I think it was gone by the 1990s? Anyway the old neighborhood is one of the priciest pieces of real estate in South Korea: Gangnam/Seocho.
I knew what I wanted to do at 10 years old. I wanted to be a fashion designer and I wanted to be a wife and mother. I accomplished all three and then realized that the fashion industry was dog eat dog and a backstabbing frenzy. So I focused all my energy I mean the best mother and wife I could be and now very happy homemaker
It’s funny, my former manager was an army officer stationed in Guantanamo Bay with his family. He told me his kids would be out at 1AM in the morning. I gave him a funny look and he told me that nobody has to worry about their kids because bases on foreign soil are closed loops and all kids and teenagers are thoroughly looked after by every adult on base. Kind of interesting. His kids are now grown and successful.
My dad was stationed in Korea several times, the last time from 72-75. My brother and I went to all three schools on Yongsan over the years, until my dad was transferred to Ft Hunter Liggett for his terminal assignment. I have many fond memories of Yongsan, our home in RGH, and making the trip into post on the bus. You are very right, safety was never an issue on post. My parents never worried about my brother or me because on post we were safe.
RGH!!! I lived there late 70s and early 80s, got bussed to Yongsan for school. The area outside RGH at the time was typical developing 1970's Korea: dusty streets, constant construction, open-air markets, Korean housewives washing their clothes by a well. I recently visited and the hill that RGH was built on is now an apartment complex. It's in the Sampoong neighborhood of Seocho-gu (right near Gangnam). I think there was a horrific department store collapse around there in the mid 1990s.
I remember in RGH there was a multi-story central building we called "the Big Building." It housed the commissary, other retail stores, a swim club and it even had a lounge/nightclub on one of the floors. I also remember walking up and down endless hills in RGH.
Every servicemember and support staff stationed in South Korea should know the South Koreans, by a vast majority, are grateful for their presence. The rest begrudgingly accept the military presence as an unwanted necessity or they are a tiny minority who are nationalistic hardliners or North Korean sympathizers whose position is that all foreign military should leave the peninsula.
I'm glad she was able to go back. My dad was in the USAF and we traveled all over the world. All the bases we lived on overseas have now closed. It's like my childhood before 8 is gone. I do remember military school and it was a great education and remember always being safe and part of a tightknit community.
I was at the US Army Base for shopping and other fun things during the 1980s by the time I was in school. I went to that school. Lots more to discover from the 80s and the past that I never knew before.
My husband was stationed at Camp Casey in Korea 13 years ago, and we lived on the economy. It was an awesome country, and I never felt unsafe over there. Our baby was born in Korea, and I hope we can go back and visit someday.
The footprint of Yongsan Garrison has been greatly reduced and most of the land has been returned to South Korea. Sadly, her childhood home and the surrounding neighborhood has probably been demolished since this piece aired.
I was stationed at Kunsan Air Base which is further south on the peninsula and along the Yellow Sea. You said the move to Camp Humphreys was to make it safer for American families. That is simply untrue. The move to Humphreys is because Yongsan is in the middle of Seoul, as pointed out by the colonel near the beginning of this video. That happens to be prime real estate and is worth millions and millions. The RoK government wanted the land back.
Yes, prime real estate. It's also a political sore point, especially for the Left wing faction of South Korean politics. Yongsan happens to sit on the site of a former Imperial Japanese military HQ. Most South Koreans of course appreciate the US military presence in protecting their country, but to some it is some sort of neo-colonialist symbol.
Interesting fact: Yongsan military base sits on land that was formerly occupied by a Japanese Imperial Army HQ, when Korea was a Japanese colony. There's a handful of buildings from that era still standing.
Norah, I asked my mother not too long ago if she worried about me going out into other neighborhoods and playing baseball and skateboarding. She said no. I do wonder a lot how I’m still alive and so many others don’t make it to natural death. Count yourself lucky. The 90’s were so different then they are these days. I’m glad I lived. All kinds of scars. All kinds of experiences. Isn’t like precious?
We didn't live on base in Yongsan, but our family was there in 1980-82. We lived in an off base apartment complex. This brings back memories. I did go to the same elementary school.
OMG! What a blast from the past - thanks! My father was stationed at Yongsan from 78-81. We lived outside of the post at RGH for the first two years and then on Yongsan for the rest. I THINK our house is shown at 1:11! I would have been there for 3rd grade to the middle of 5th.
In the 1970s I lived in an apartment complex in Yongsan overlooking the U.S. Army base. Every year, on the Sunday night before the July 4th holiday they did a firework show. The first year we moved in that apartment (1970), on a Sunday night we all of a sudden started hearing loud bangs, and didn't know where they were coming from. We feared that finally the North Koreans had come down invading. My grandmother looked out the back window and decided it wasn't the North Koreans, and we all started enjoying the firework.
I traveled to South Korea twice for annual training as an Army Reservist 20+ years ago. The enlisted housing we were billeted in was newer and spotlessly clean. The permanent party soldiers we worked and trained with were solid and of high morale. Everyone worked hard, took their jobs seriously, and treated us great.
Great Story, I too was an Army Brat, spent 8 years in Germany. My ex-wife married a Marine and my daughter spent two years at Youngsan. I'd like to go back and visit my "home towns" in Germany but 2 of the 3 have been closed.
Props for making the neighborhood look like a typical model American suburban neighborhood from the trees to the sidewalks and home designs. You couldn’t tell from any other quintessential neighborhood in the u.s.
A journalist alumni?, I went to the American community schools of Athens, and we have an astronaut alumni--Scott Parazynski, my school is more famous than hers.
CAN ANYBODY EXPLAIN WHY WE WERE TAUGHT TO EXPRESS EMOTIONS THE SAME WAY I MEAN WE HAVE TO HAVE A VERBAL LANGUAGE I GUESS BUT WHY IS IT THAT WOMEN THINK EVERYBODY'S SUPPOSED TO EXPRESS THEIR EMOTIONS IN THE SAME TYPE OF DRAMATIC WAY OR THE SAME TYPE OF COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS OR CLICHE? ARE PEOPLE SO UN- INVENTIVE?
Consolidating all US troop at one location is a bad idea. I served in Korea in 1978 and the bases were spread out over the country. Now the North Korea’s can wipe out the entire US military at once. Good luck, you are going to need it.
Wow it is surprise to know that you have lived here in S.Korea. I was JSA soldier and I've visited Yongsan base many times. Now I gotta watch CBS evening news more than ABC world news tonight. 😁
We are so fixated on N. Korea but we need to get the US Army in S. Korea and our US Navy and marines prepared for N. Korea's quieter and stronger big brother and cousin...CHINA...
That house in the middle of Seoul would be damn expensive. Even rich people would live in a cramped apartments. A 1 or 2 story house that comes with land is super rare
I am a military child. I lived in Germany during Bay of Pigs. Military children are smart and have seen a lot of the world when they are young. Great memories.
SAHS (what we called you) was our rival. I went to SFS from 79 to 84 when I graduated, non military so couldn't go to SAHS. Great times, loved Itaewon.
Norah said her military community was safe as though insinuating that outside of her community which was Seoul was not safe. The Capital city of Seoul is one of the safest, cleanest and most modern major cities in the world. New York, LA and Chicago don't even come close.
It's Tues April 11th 2023 And I never saw this before It reminds me of Someone That I used to know who Spent time in Korea now and then back in the 80s decade He would talk about the DMZ
All us service members arrived at Yongsan to in process, then assigned to other camps for duty. We considered permanent residents there to be "spoiled" as it was a really cool place. Lol. 85-87...
Daddy did a poor job shaping little Norah's political perspective but during my career the guys at the top had no problem pretending even though the linear numbers of war preparedness were pushing on them like a brain tumor. Every reality needs a refuge I guess. I just never believed in it. At my rank and MOS it wouldn't be allowed.
I was in 4th and 5th grade there from 84-86. I bet I crossed paths with Norah. Not sure if she was the same grade or a year older. I lived in the same duplexes. This brings back so many memories.
Seoul American Elementary! Go Dolphins! I was there late 70s and early 1980s. Fort Dix stateside after that.
I appreciate all American forces who are defending South Korea and who fought in Korean war.
Thank you so much from bottom of my heart.
hes my father not bs
I cant wait for the conservative states to secede from the USS the United States of socialism, and watch the 10 to 20 cesspools to swiftly die in their own filfth.
@@travissweat9098 you're not an American I hope
As a Korean who resides inUS now, I can’t thank enough for all US military personnel who have sacrificed their lives and for still stationing in Korea to keep S. Korea safe from North Korea. Also I thanks Norah for returning to an old Army base to reminisce her childhood growing up in a tight military community, not only heighten my gratitude of military presence in South Korea, as the younger generation who have grown up the decades after Korean War era don’t share the same view but also showed Norah’s personable approach and her natural ability to communicate. I am her fan now!
Great information about a beautiful, classy lady
What a natural Norah was at only 10 years old, and she made such a wonderful contribution teaching the Koreans. Great job Norah!
I went to the same school she did. I didn't knew she was a student at Seoul American Elementary School. Not sure if I had seen that girl like Norah. I've seen a lot of kids similar like her when she was young.
She lies on the evening news, and she lies right here, expecting us to believe that she was enlisted in the air force, employed by the us gov and ronald regan parked his helicopter in her yard so that he could conduct important School of the Americas moves with Child Nora. What a joke.
Enjoyed watching this video of Norah in S.Korea. It was warming to me in 2021 as I wait for our son to return from his tour of duty in S.Korea.
That exact colonel family housing is where I first tried beer in 8th grade. We mixed orange juice with it lol. So many nostalgic memories growing up as an army brat. It was such an amazing experience to meet friends from all over the world. Believe it or not, it was a perfect utopia, microcosm of an ideal United States. No racism or poverty. That was summer of 1993.
get real, there is ALWAYS Racism and always poverty.
Our family lived in a DoD satellite housing complex south of the Han and I took the bus to Seoul American Elementary. That was in the early 80s. I think it was gone by the 1990s? Anyway the old neighborhood is one of the priciest pieces of real estate in South Korea: Gangnam/Seocho.
No racism or poverty, but orange juice in beer??? The horror!!!!
@@DarqJestor I think we were trying to imitate a screwdriver and it went horribly wrong.
@@johnyi8464 Well, you were just a kid. But now I'm going to have to drink a few beers to get the that horror out of my mind. 😜
That brought back some nostalgia for me also. I lived in South Korea during the '80s. Great memories. Thank you for sharing!
I knew what I wanted to do at 10 years old. I wanted to be a fashion designer and I wanted to be a wife and mother. I accomplished all three and then realized that the fashion industry was dog eat dog and a backstabbing frenzy. So I focused all my energy I mean the best mother and wife I could be and now very happy homemaker
Good for u 👍
It’s funny, my former manager was an army officer stationed in Guantanamo Bay with his family. He told me his kids would be out at 1AM in the morning. I gave him a funny look and he told me that nobody has to worry about their kids because bases on foreign soil are closed loops and all kids and teenagers are thoroughly looked after by every adult on base. Kind of interesting. His kids are now grown and successful.
I used to land helicopters behind her house. The LZ pad was small and only fit two helicopters, or one Chinook. It was an easier time
Bit of a shame that she has no actual memories of the country and only talks about the military.
My dad was stationed in Korea several times, the last time from 72-75. My brother and I went to all three schools on Yongsan over the years, until my dad was transferred to Ft Hunter Liggett for his terminal assignment. I have many fond memories of Yongsan, our home in RGH, and making the trip into post on the bus. You are very right, safety was never an issue on post. My parents never worried about my brother or me because on post we were safe.
RGH!!! I lived there late 70s and early 80s, got bussed to Yongsan for school. The area outside RGH at the time was typical developing 1970's Korea: dusty streets, constant construction, open-air markets, Korean housewives washing their clothes by a well. I recently visited and the hill that RGH was built on is now an apartment complex. It's in the Sampoong neighborhood of Seocho-gu (right near Gangnam). I think there was a horrific department store collapse around there in the mid 1990s.
I remember in RGH there was a multi-story central building we called "the Big Building." It housed the commissary, other retail stores, a swim club and it even had a lounge/nightclub on one of the floors. I also remember walking up and down endless hills in RGH.
Korea is and was a very safe country.
Every servicemember and support staff stationed in South Korea should know the South Koreans, by a vast majority, are grateful for their presence. The rest begrudgingly accept the military presence as an unwanted necessity or they are a tiny minority who are nationalistic hardliners or North Korean sympathizers whose position is that all foreign military should leave the peninsula.
I'm glad she was able to go back. My dad was in the USAF and we traveled all over the world. All the bases we lived on overseas have now closed. It's like my childhood before 8 is gone. I do remember military school and it was a great education and remember always being safe and part of a tightknit community.
Yongsan is closed too. The city of Seoul still hasn't decided what to do with the land yet.
I was at the US Army Base for shopping and other fun things during the 1980s by the time I was in school. I went to that school. Lots more to discover from the 80s and the past that I never knew before.
My husband was stationed at Camp Casey in Korea 13 years ago, and we lived on the economy. It was an awesome country, and I never felt unsafe over there. Our baby was born in Korea, and I hope we can go back and visit someday.
The footprint of Yongsan Garrison has been greatly reduced and most of the land has been returned to South Korea. Sadly, her childhood home and the surrounding neighborhood has probably been demolished since this piece aired.
That neighborhood was for High ranking officers and US embassy personnel, they have moved to camp Humphreys a few years ago.
I miss watching Norah on CBS This Morning.
I remember that day when president visit that’s why it’s was my first day in America
I was stationed at Kunsan Air Base which is further south on the peninsula and along the Yellow Sea. You said the move to Camp Humphreys was to make it safer for American families. That is simply untrue. The move to Humphreys is because Yongsan is in the middle of Seoul, as pointed out by the colonel near the beginning of this video. That happens to be prime real estate and is worth millions and millions. The RoK government wanted the land back.
Yes, prime real estate. It's also a political sore point, especially for the Left wing faction of South Korean politics. Yongsan happens to sit on the site of a former Imperial Japanese military HQ. Most South Koreans of course appreciate the US military presence in protecting their country, but to some it is some sort of neo-colonialist symbol.
Interesting fact: Yongsan military base sits on land that was formerly occupied by a Japanese Imperial Army HQ, when Korea was a Japanese colony. There's a handful of buildings from that era still standing.
Norah, I asked my mother not too long ago if she worried about me going out into other neighborhoods and playing baseball and skateboarding.
She said no.
I do wonder a lot how I’m still alive and so many others don’t make it to natural death.
Count yourself lucky.
The 90’s were so different then they are these days.
I’m glad I lived.
All kinds of scars.
All kinds of experiences.
Isn’t like precious?
so is LIFE
We didn't live on base in Yongsan, but our family was there in 1980-82. We lived in an off base apartment complex. This brings back memories. I did go to the same elementary school.
OMG! What a blast from the past - thanks! My father was stationed at Yongsan from 78-81. We lived outside of the post at RGH for the first two years and then on Yongsan for the rest. I THINK our house is shown at 1:11! I would have been there for 3rd grade to the middle of 5th.
I love Norah O'Donnel she is very beautiful ❤
Those gorgeous eyes have something to do with that
In the 1970s I lived in an apartment complex in Yongsan overlooking the U.S. Army base. Every year, on the Sunday night before the July 4th holiday they did a firework show. The first year we moved in that apartment (1970), on a Sunday night we all of a sudden started hearing loud bangs, and didn't know where they were coming from. We feared that finally the North Koreans had come down invading. My grandmother looked out the back window and decided it wasn't the North Koreans, and we all started enjoying the firework.
I traveled to South Korea twice for annual training as an Army Reservist 20+ years ago. The enlisted housing we were billeted in was newer and spotlessly clean. The permanent party soldiers we worked and trained with were solid and of high morale. Everyone worked hard, took their jobs seriously, and treated us great.
Man, that colonial looks very young for his rank.
I had the good fortune to be stationed at Yongsan! It was such a happy time in my life.
Back in the 70s and 80s South Korea was considered a hardship tour. Now the areas outside the US bases are better developed than inside.
@@capmidnite I was there in the 1990s. It was WONDERFUL!!! On base and off base. In 1992 Seoul had 2 subway lines. Now they have over 9,
The funny thing is that she is completely oblivious to the way the city of Seoul has changed around the army base.
These far left journalists have their noses up in the sky.
Our family lived there in 1969. Still looks the same
Great Story, I too was an Army Brat, spent 8 years in Germany. My ex-wife married a Marine and my daughter spent two years at Youngsan. I'd like to go back and visit my "home towns" in Germany but 2 of the 3 have been closed.
Props for making the neighborhood look like a typical model American suburban neighborhood from the trees to the sidewalks and home designs. You couldn’t tell from any other quintessential neighborhood in the u.s.
A journalist alumni?, I went to the American community schools of Athens, and we have an astronaut alumni--Scott Parazynski, my school is more famous than hers.
Looks like a suburb in middle America.
노라 오도넬이 주한미군 자녀였구나
Norah I do enjoy watching you in the mornings.
You are very good looking.
🤮🤮🤮 Who cares.
Norah is as beautiful as ever
Charlie Rose. Then I realized 5 years ago.
CAN ANYBODY EXPLAIN WHY WE WERE TAUGHT TO EXPRESS EMOTIONS THE SAME WAY I MEAN WE HAVE TO HAVE A VERBAL LANGUAGE I GUESS BUT WHY IS IT THAT WOMEN THINK EVERYBODY'S SUPPOSED TO EXPRESS THEIR EMOTIONS IN THE SAME TYPE OF DRAMATIC WAY OR THE SAME TYPE OF COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS OR CLICHE?
ARE PEOPLE SO UN- INVENTIVE?
Absolutely love that woman
Nora is an American treasure
I thought I wanted to be a fire fighter.
Then it was a musician.
Then a Navy Seal.
Now I don’t know.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🥰
Consolidating all US troop at one location is a bad idea. I served in Korea in 1978 and the bases were spread out over the country. Now the North Korea’s can wipe out the entire US military at once. Good luck, you are going to need it.
I remember in 1982, Korean duty was considered a hardship tour. Almost impossible to bring your dependents over.
Can Norah speak any Korean ?
Wow it is surprise to know that you have lived here in S.Korea. I was JSA soldier and I've visited Yongsan base many times. Now I gotta watch CBS evening news more than ABC world news tonight. 😁
Damn I want me some Noah.
She now features on the CBS Evening News every weekday at 6:30pm ET / 5:30pm CT.
Noah's Ark
She used to be so nice.
That's a great story.....
I bet Charlie always wanted to be a flasher.
왜 서울에서 평택으로 이전 시켰지?! 수도에 미군이 있는 게 더 좋은데 일정 규모는 계속 서울에 무조건 남아 있었으면 좋겠다
We are so fixated on N. Korea but we need to get the US Army in S. Korea and our US Navy and marines prepared for N. Korea's quieter and stronger big brother and cousin...CHINA...
That house in the middle of Seoul would be damn expensive. Even rich people would live in a cramped apartments. A 1 or 2 story house that comes with land is super rare
It's US military housing on land set aside for the US military.
Respect all of you!! I served from 2002 to 2004 in Camp Yongsan. I miss the place....
That was EBS educational broadcasting system in Seoul I do remember watching those clips as a kid in summer days there
I had my wisdom teeth pulled at the 121 hospital there in Yongsan when I was a JAG lawyer at the Legal offices on the post 27+ years ago 1992-94
Beautiful women. Excellent reporter
I am a military child. I lived in Germany during Bay of Pigs. Military children are smart and have seen a lot of the world when they are young. Great memories.
USAG Yongsan is no more, it has been moved to Camp Humphreys. the land has been turned back over to the Korean government
Wow, I served on Jongsan 1995-1996
I was in Seoul and Camp Humphreys in Nov 2004 to Nov 2005. I miss Korea
Norah makes my hair sweat. STILL! As in right now. In a heartbeat. Anytime. Anywhere. Whew!
Military housing hasn’t changed noticeably since the 1840s….
great
Every military assignment we had I would’ve preferred to live on base. I felt safe and open doors late at night especially in Hawaii
This is so kool , so many people can never go home again and if they did their old homes are no longer there.
I served there in 1966 and 1967 8th Army. Never foget it.. All the best ...
Lol Norah had broadcasting down at ten years old. She still talks and acts the same 😂. She was clearly born to be a journalist
I went to Seoul American High in the 70s I was also born there at 121 evac hospital. We lived in I Tae Won. It's so Kool to see
SAHS (what we called you) was our rival. I went to SFS from 79 to 84 when I graduated, non military so couldn't go to SAHS. Great times, loved Itaewon.
Does that mean she was open to dating Asian guys???
Wow! Awesome blast from the past Norah.🤩💪🏾
She said it all..."This Is A Great Country."
looks so adorable
Norah said her military community was safe as though insinuating that outside of her community which was Seoul was not safe.
The Capital city of Seoul is one of the safest, cleanest and most modern major cities in the world.
New York, LA and Chicago don't even come close.
Sad to say they shut down that base but Dragon Hill hotel still open
No blackboards…so that’s different.
Does Norah speak Korean?!😮
Probably a few words
My brother lived there too. Nike Hercules missile tech.
The World Empire lives on...$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Am I getting old or is that Colonel awfully young?
Officers' quarters were always nice.
It's Tues April 11th 2023 And I never saw this before It reminds me of Someone That I used to know who Spent time in Korea now and then back in the 80s decade He would talk about the DMZ
I used to take the bus from Osan AB to S.Seol bus terminal and then walk to the subway and I could be in Itaewon in maybe 30mins
And that was when I was teaching at Balboa High School DODDS Panama. I didn't go to South Korea until 1994 when I spent a year at Camp Bonifas.
That is so wonderful!
Girlfriend was Korean, father was the only Korean in charge of American PX during Korean War. Uncle was largest shareholder of Samsung.
So does she speak Korean?
My god lovely thank you Norah
All us service members arrived at Yongsan to in process, then assigned to other camps for duty. We considered permanent residents there to be "spoiled" as it was a really cool place. Lol. 85-87...
Daddy did a poor job shaping little Norah's political perspective but during my career the guys at the top had no problem pretending even though the linear numbers of war preparedness were pushing on them like a brain tumor. Every reality needs a refuge I guess. I just never believed in it. At my rank and MOS it wouldn't be allowed.
She liked over doing makeup then.
1:45 Norah's mom looked like she wore a hanbok.
We appreciate that
The Hermit Kingdom or the three Kingdoms.
I was working on a contract in 1993, and took my 2 year old through that neighborhood too Trick r Treat for Halloween.
OMG she is so fine.