Ever hear of the "Second Korean War"?

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During a 3-year period, 1966-69. We lost 81 KIA. Many firefights. Ended up with the CIB being awarded for American troops north of the Imjin River, as well as combat pay. Of course this was during the height of the Vietnam War so no doubt was overshadowed by the events in SE Asia. I had recalled hearing that the Army awarded the CIB in limited amounts outside of Vietnam; well, this was where.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_DMZ_Conflict#:~:text=On%201%20April%201968%2C%20the,qualified%20men%20serving%20north%20of

I find military history tidbits like this very interesting. Little things like the U.S. forces in Korea during this period were armed with M14’s, not M16’s. The M16’s were being sent to Vietnam as fast as they could make them, so that left Europe, CONUS, Panama, and South Korea that were issued M14’s. IIRC both the M16 and the M14 were simultaneously considered as “Service A” for a short period (?).

EDIT: this was well before “Operation Paul Bunyon”, the fatal tree-trimming incident in 1976.

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Interesting piece of history. And as soon I started reading this, I thought of OP Paul Bunyon.

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Very interesting, including the NK attempt to raid the Blue House.

Of the about 31 raiders, one was captured & became a South Korean Pastor. The only one to apparently make it back to NK is STILL alive (91 yrs old) and a General/high assembly member. The rest were killed.

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