Korean DMZ
Apr 30, 2019
3 minutes
Just finished “The Korean War That Almost Was” [by Mike Coppock], in your May issue. I served with the 223rd Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division, from early May 1953 to late April 1954 on Heartbreak Ridge when the cease-fire took effect. Our platoon manned observation posts 24/7, looking across the DMZ from a mountain north of Seoul.
Other platoons patrolled the DMZ from dusk to midnight or midnight to dawn. In
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