DMZ Flashpoints Article Archive
DMZ Flashpoints is my ongoing series of articles chronicling the various incidents over the years that have occurred along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). A popular saying is that there is no “D” in DMZ and these decades of deadly incidents long the DMZ is proof of that. Using newspaper archives I have been able to reconstruct the events of what happened in these incidents all those years ago. You can learn more about these incidents and the brave servicemembers who gave their lives in defense of South Korea at the below links:
- The 2002 West Sea Naval Battle
- The 1987 KAL 858 Bombing
- The 1984 JSA Shootout
- The 1983 Hijacking of CAAC Flight 296 to Camp Page
- The 1976 DMZ Axe Murder Incident
- The 1969 Truck Ambush
- The 1969 Hijacking of Korean Airlines YS-11
- The 1969 EC-121 Shootdown
- The Deadly 1968 Truck Ambush
- The 1968 USS Pueblo Incident
- The 1968 Blue House Raid
- The 1967 Camp Liberty Bell Attack
- The 1967 Landmine Attacks
- The 1967 Work Detail Ambush
- The 1967 Camp Walley Barracks Bombing
- The Deadly 1966 DMZ Ambush
- The 1963 Jeep Ambush
SGT.James Hensley who was leading that patrol was a good friend of mine.
We were in the same compound together.I was in Korea from June 1966 to
July 1967.RC3#Compound.
Any articles regarding “the great USAF overflight of the DMZ during Operation Team Spirit 1976” or are they still buried?
@Golf Bravo, I went through the Stars & Stripes archive and the only Team Spirit 1976 article they have is this one:
I think you may be referring to Operation Paul Bunyan that happened in August 1976.
I was at Warrior Control for Team Spirit. Reported the C130 over flight, then was shipped to Evenreach, where I ‘witnessed’ ATC communications regarding dust off inbound to JSA, and then JSA to Seoul with 2 DOA.
Buried deep, I believe.
My late husband, Larry Metcalfe, was stationed at Camp Page, Chunchon-S Korea. 1969-1970. Delta Battery, 7th Bat (HAWK) 5th Artillery. Camp Page located approx 6 miles south of DMZ. Larry died in June 2016 after a long and difficult illness.
Does any one have any proof of herbicide use, storage, transportation etc. at Camp Page?
Larry told me that he and a buddy had stood on a small hill outside of Camp and watched as Agent Orange was sprayed.