YONGSAN GARRISON, Republic of Korea - More than 3,000 Yongsan community members, mostly schoolchildren, braved temperatures dipping to the lower 40's this afternoon to see President Barack Obama's motorcade pass by.

After much anticipation, the President's motorcade passed before ecstatic Seoul American Elementary School students who greeted the President with handmade signs and a sea of American flags.

Obama's motorcade slowed slightly as it passed by, and the President was clearly visibly waving to the children from his armored limousine.

Shortly before 3 p.m., Marine One - one of two specially modified Blackhawk VH-60N helicopters - lifted off from Yongsan Garrison's heliport and was followed by an aerial entourage of Chinooks headed to Osan Air Base where the President was scheduled to give an address to U.S. Forces Korea troops.

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