<description>&lt;p&gt;It was one of Taiwan’s most secretive Cold War outposts: Shulinkou Air Station (樹林口空軍情報站), a joint-service U.S. intelligence base perched on a misty plateau west of Taipei. Built in 1955, it was a hub for the interception, decryption, and analysis of enemy radio and electronic communications.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Part 1 of this three-part series, we focus on the early 1960s and the everyday world of the young servicemen and officers stationed there. Join them as they resist the character-destroying temptations of Taipei’s back alleys, face vengeful thieves, ride the rails in a stolen locomotive (probably a tall tale but you be the judge), and encounter ghostly road vehicles. This is Part 1. Parts 2 and 3 will take us deeper -- into the looming Vietnam War.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For this episode, we relied heavily on the excellent&lt;a href="https://shulinkou.tripod.com/dawg2d.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"&gt; Shulinkou Air Station Taiwan website,&lt;/a&gt; which is run by men who served there between 1955 and 1977.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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It was one of Taiwan’s most secretive Cold War outposts: Shulinkou Air Station (樹林口空軍情報站), a joint-service U.S. intelligence base perched on a misty plateau west of Taipei. Built in 1955, it was a hub for the interception, decryption, and analysis of enemy radio and electronic communications.In Part 1 of this three-part series, we focus on the early 1960s and the everyday world of the young servicemen and officers stationed there. Join them as they resist the character-destroying temptations of Taipei’s back alleys, face vengeful thieves, ride the rails in a stolen locomotive (probably a tall tale but you be the judge), and encounter ghostly road vehicles. This is Part 1. Parts 2 and 3 will take us deeper -- into the looming Vietnam War. For this episode, we relied heavily on the excellent<a href="https://shulinkou.tripod.com/dawg2d.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> Shulinkou Air Station Taiwan website,</a> which is run by men who served there between 1955 and 1977.

The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files

Shulinkou Air Station – Part 1 of 3 (early 1960s) – S5-E37

Shulinkou Air Station – Part 1 of 3 (early 1960s) – S5-E37

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