In an incident known as the "Axe Murder Incident" or the "Hatchet Incident", a United Nations Command workforce trimming a tree at the North-South Korean border in August 1976 was attacked and killed by North Korean soldiers.
The US Response: Operation Paul Bunyan, where overwhelming force was sent in to cut down the tree. Read more: http://members.terracom.net/%7Evfwpost/opn-PB.html (via Metafilter) |
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I visited the DMZ with the USO Tour and I have great pics and videos of the DMZ and the Joint Security Area...
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dirty north koreans...
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