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For those that don't know! Freedom Bridge is a symbol of 61 years of the US Army protecting Korea's Border!
For those that have crossed and served on the north side, this is a symbol to remind of us our past duty and missions. Those that haven't, do not know.
http://www.pinterest.com/thomaslucken/freedom-bridge/
For those that have crossed and served on the north side, this is a symbol to remind of us our past duty and missions. Those that haven't, do not know.
http://www.pinterest.com/thomaslucken/freedom-bridge/
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Camp Bonifas East (Camp Liberty Bell)
Camp Garry Owen
South Korea
Camp Casey
Joint Security Area
Camp Bonifas East (Camp Liberty Bell) Camp Garry Owen South Korea Camp Casey Joint Security Area
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I was at Camp Greaves from 11/74 to 12/75 HHC 1/31 Infantry. I remember the bridge well. It was our link to the rest of the country. When we were lucky enough to get a pass, we'd take the bus over the bridge to Munsan and go from there. We did plenty of military exercises moving up the Imjin river until we got to Liberty bridge. We used to joke around that they were useless, because if anything broke out, we were already listed KIA. If the N.Koreans didn't kill us, chances were that a lot of us would have been done in by all the unmarked mine fields. Still, for some reason, that was one of the best times I had during my 6 years of service!
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That ROK Detachment that pretended they were NK used to have their POW Course there
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I was in there in 1991-92. I was attached 2nd Engineers as a medic. Went with the engineers once during Monsoon season. They had planned on setting up camp close to the river; but thank goodness they moved to another location. The next day the original location was under several inches of water. Treated a lot of soldiers with blisters , due to a lot of marching in the never ending rain! It’s hard to believe the engineers aren’t there anymore! All the area by Camp Casey and the now deduct Camp Castle(Eng base) has changed so much since I was there! Isn’t Google Earth amazing...... Some of the best times of my life!
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In 1967 the 3/23rd was in camps north of the bridge patrolling the DMZ. I pulled guard on that bridge many times and we had to cross it to go on pass. Very familiar with it.
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A Bill that was submitted to Congress in 2006, but never enacted! Typical coverup, especially about page 3 lines 18-22, Agent Orange!
109TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION S. 2914
To recognize and honor the soldiers of the United States and the Republic
of Korea who served, were wounded, or were killed from 1953 until
the present in the defense of the Republic of Korea, to require the
placement of a commemorative plaque at the Korean War Veterans
Memorial in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 19, 2006
Mr. DEWINE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
A BILL
To recognize and honor the soldiers of the United States
and the Republic of Korea who served, were wounded,
or were killed from 1953 until the present in the defense
of the Republic of Korea, to require the placement of
a commemorative plaque at the Korean War Veterans
Memorial in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DMZ War Veterans
5 Recognition Act of 2006’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
2 Congress finds that—
3 (1) the Korean War, which began in 1950 and
4 ended when the Korean War Armistice was signed
5 in 1953, is commonly known as the ‘‘Forgotten
6 War’’;
7 (2) a later war in Korea, known only to some
8 veterans and their families as the ‘‘Unknown War’’
9 or the ‘‘DMZ War’’, occurred long after the Korean
10 War Armistice was signed in 1953;
11 (3) according to military documents, the leader-
12 ship of North Korea issued a declaration of war
13 against the United States in a speech in 1966, which
14 read that ‘‘U.S. imperialists should be dealt blows
15 and their forces dispersed to the maximum in Asia.
16 . . .’’;
17 (4) the 124th Special Forces unit of North
18 Korea—
19 (A) was trained—
20 (i) to destroy the camps and civilians
21 of the United States;
22 (ii) to disrupt travel and communica-
23 tion between the Armed Forces; and
24 (iii) to sabotage and assassinate the
25 government officials of South Korea and
26 the United States; and
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1 (B) repeatedly confronted the soldiers of
2 the United States and the Republic of Korea
3 when crossing through the Demilitarized Zone;
4 (5) since the Armistice was signed, over 40,000
5 Armistice violations have occurred, many of which
6 involved troops of the United States who were sta-
7 tioned in and around Korea;
8 (6) some of those violations, like the capture of
9 the USS Pueblo, caught the attention of the media,
10 although most have not;
11 (7) since the end of the Korean War, many sol-
12 diers of the United States have died or been wound-
13 ed in Korea as a result of hostile fire;
14 (8) some veterans of the Republic of Korea suf-
15 fer from exposure to Agent Orange, which was used
16 during a period that began in 1968 and ended in
17 1969 in and around the DMZ;
18 (9) because the hazardous properties of Agent
19 Orange last for at least 100 years, soldiers of the
20 United States who later served in the Demilitarized
21 Zone had been exposed to the chemical long after
22 the Armed Forces stopped using it;
23 (10) the military personnel of the United States
24 who served in the Korean War during the period
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1 that began in 1966 and ended in 1969 received the
2 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; and
3 (11) a few of the soldiers who fought and died
4 in the Korean War have been—
5 (A) nominated posthumously for the Con-
6 gressional Medal of Honor; and
7 (B) awarded—
8 (i) the Silver Star or Bronze Star for
9 valor in combat; and
10 (ii) the Purple Heart for being wound-
11 ed in combat.
12 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
13 (a) PLAQUE.—The term ‘‘plaque’’ means the plaque
14 directed to be placed at the Korean War Veterans Memo-
15 rial in Washington, D.C. under section 4(a).
16 (b) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the
17 Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of
18 the National Park Service.
19 SEC. 4. PLACEMENT OF COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE.
20 Not later than November 11, 2009, the Secretary
21 shall place on or near the grounds of the Korean War Vet-
22 erans Memorial in Washington, D.C., a plaque to com-
23 memorate the sacrifices of those who served, were wound-
24 ed, or were killed from 1953 until the present in the de-
25 fense of the Republic of Korea, that contains the following
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1 inscription (in which the bracketed space shall include the
2 date on which the plaque is placed): ‘‘Dedicated to the
3 soldiers of the United States and the Republic of Korea
4 who served, were wounded, or were killed from 1953 until
5 the present in the defense of the Republic of Korea. The
6 efforts of those soldiers have enabled the Republic of
7 Korea to develop into a successful and modern country.
8 Since 1953, the Armed Forces of the United States experi-
9 enced more than 40,000 ‘Armistice violation incidents.’
10 Those incidents have caused the deaths of over 100 sol-
11 diers of the Armed Forces of the United States and the
12 wounding of hundreds more from hostile fire in the Ko-
13 rean Peninsula and its surrounding waters. Unknown to
14 most citizens, the soldiers of the United States and the
15 Republic of Korea fought and won the ‘DMZ War’ be-
16 tween November 1966 and December 1969. That war
17 caused the majority of the Armistice casualties. We re-
18 member the service, sacrifice, and valor of all of those sol-
19 diers on this 40th anniversary of the start of the DMZ
20 War. Their fellow soldiers and their families will never for-
21 get them. Let this Plaque aid their countries to remember
22 them as well. Placed this day,
23 [llllllllll].’’.
Æ
109TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION S. 2914
To recognize and honor the soldiers of the United States and the Republic
of Korea who served, were wounded, or were killed from 1953 until
the present in the defense of the Republic of Korea, to require the
placement of a commemorative plaque at the Korean War Veterans
Memorial in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 19, 2006
Mr. DEWINE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
A BILL
To recognize and honor the soldiers of the United States
and the Republic of Korea who served, were wounded,
or were killed from 1953 until the present in the defense
of the Republic of Korea, to require the placement of
a commemorative plaque at the Korean War Veterans
Memorial in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DMZ War Veterans
5 Recognition Act of 2006’’.
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•S 2914 IS
1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
2 Congress finds that—
3 (1) the Korean War, which began in 1950 and
4 ended when the Korean War Armistice was signed
5 in 1953, is commonly known as the ‘‘Forgotten
6 War’’;
7 (2) a later war in Korea, known only to some
8 veterans and their families as the ‘‘Unknown War’’
9 or the ‘‘DMZ War’’, occurred long after the Korean
10 War Armistice was signed in 1953;
11 (3) according to military documents, the leader-
12 ship of North Korea issued a declaration of war
13 against the United States in a speech in 1966, which
14 read that ‘‘U.S. imperialists should be dealt blows
15 and their forces dispersed to the maximum in Asia.
16 . . .’’;
17 (4) the 124th Special Forces unit of North
18 Korea—
19 (A) was trained—
20 (i) to destroy the camps and civilians
21 of the United States;
22 (ii) to disrupt travel and communica-
23 tion between the Armed Forces; and
24 (iii) to sabotage and assassinate the
25 government officials of South Korea and
26 the United States; and
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1 (B) repeatedly confronted the soldiers of
2 the United States and the Republic of Korea
3 when crossing through the Demilitarized Zone;
4 (5) since the Armistice was signed, over 40,000
5 Armistice violations have occurred, many of which
6 involved troops of the United States who were sta-
7 tioned in and around Korea;
8 (6) some of those violations, like the capture of
9 the USS Pueblo, caught the attention of the media,
10 although most have not;
11 (7) since the end of the Korean War, many sol-
12 diers of the United States have died or been wound-
13 ed in Korea as a result of hostile fire;
14 (8) some veterans of the Republic of Korea suf-
15 fer from exposure to Agent Orange, which was used
16 during a period that began in 1968 and ended in
17 1969 in and around the DMZ;
18 (9) because the hazardous properties of Agent
19 Orange last for at least 100 years, soldiers of the
20 United States who later served in the Demilitarized
21 Zone had been exposed to the chemical long after
22 the Armed Forces stopped using it;
23 (10) the military personnel of the United States
24 who served in the Korean War during the period
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1 that began in 1966 and ended in 1969 received the
2 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; and
3 (11) a few of the soldiers who fought and died
4 in the Korean War have been—
5 (A) nominated posthumously for the Con-
6 gressional Medal of Honor; and
7 (B) awarded—
8 (i) the Silver Star or Bronze Star for
9 valor in combat; and
10 (ii) the Purple Heart for being wound-
11 ed in combat.
12 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
13 (a) PLAQUE.—The term ‘‘plaque’’ means the plaque
14 directed to be placed at the Korean War Veterans Memo-
15 rial in Washington, D.C. under section 4(a).
16 (b) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the
17 Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of
18 the National Park Service.
19 SEC. 4. PLACEMENT OF COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE.
20 Not later than November 11, 2009, the Secretary
21 shall place on or near the grounds of the Korean War Vet-
22 erans Memorial in Washington, D.C., a plaque to com-
23 memorate the sacrifices of those who served, were wound-
24 ed, or were killed from 1953 until the present in the de-
25 fense of the Republic of Korea, that contains the following
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•S 2914 IS
1 inscription (in which the bracketed space shall include the
2 date on which the plaque is placed): ‘‘Dedicated to the
3 soldiers of the United States and the Republic of Korea
4 who served, were wounded, or were killed from 1953 until
5 the present in the defense of the Republic of Korea. The
6 efforts of those soldiers have enabled the Republic of
7 Korea to develop into a successful and modern country.
8 Since 1953, the Armed Forces of the United States experi-
9 enced more than 40,000 ‘Armistice violation incidents.’
10 Those incidents have caused the deaths of over 100 sol-
11 diers of the Armed Forces of the United States and the
12 wounding of hundreds more from hostile fire in the Ko-
13 rean Peninsula and its surrounding waters. Unknown to
14 most citizens, the soldiers of the United States and the
15 Republic of Korea fought and won the ‘DMZ War’ be-
16 tween November 1966 and December 1969. That war
17 caused the majority of the Armistice casualties. We re-
18 member the service, sacrifice, and valor of all of those sol-
19 diers on this 40th anniversary of the start of the DMZ
20 War. Their fellow soldiers and their families will never for-
21 get them. Let this Plaque aid their countries to remember
22 them as well. Placed this day,
23 [llllllllll].’’.
Æ
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I remember that bridge - I was stationed at Camp Stanley (C Co. 2AMC, 2nd Inf Div) and was voluntold to work at the JSA for a few weeks. That was about the time the OH-58 was shot down over the DMZ.
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SGT Thomas Lucken
Yeah, I was back over there then! They flew about 8 miles into the DMZ, the crew and bird were out of Camp Page.
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I was stationed at Camp Pelham in 95-96. The day I left for home, they changed the name to Gary Owen and the unit became 4/7 Cav
Best memory of the DMZ besides "Stands Alone, Sleeps Together". Playing the one hole golf course at Camp Bonifas. The world's most dangerous golf course !!!
http://www.back9network.com/article/the-worlds-9-most-dangerous-golf-courses/
http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/playing-on-worlds-most-dangerous-golf-course-can-literally-kill-you.html
Best memory of the DMZ besides "Stands Alone, Sleeps Together". Playing the one hole golf course at Camp Bonifas. The world's most dangerous golf course !!!
http://www.back9network.com/article/the-worlds-9-most-dangerous-golf-courses/
http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/playing-on-worlds-most-dangerous-golf-course-can-literally-kill-you.html
World’s 9 Most Dangerous Golf Courses
When you think of dangerous sports, it is highly unlikely that golf is anywhere on that list. Auto racing, sure. Bull fighting? Absolutely. But golf? The relationship between golfer and crocodile has long been a tempestuous one. Recently there was an
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CW3 John Wescott
4-7th Cavalry was again inactivated on 16 October 1991 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3rd Armored Division. Headquarters and Headquarters Troop consolidated on 5 April 1996 with the 2nd Reconnaissance Company and the consolidated unit was designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry. 5-17th Cavalry was concurrently reflagged as 4-7th Cavalry and the unit was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division and activated in Korea.
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SGT Thomas Lucken
Yeah, 88 I was with the Air Cav when it re-designated, moved, and reorganized then. In 1996, I was a contractor back then based out of Casey!
In 1988 LTC Warren Edwards was the Squadron Commander, in 1996 he was the ADC (M). Seems that 4-7 left with him, when left in 88. He took over the ADC(M) in 95 and 4-7 comes back!!!!!!! :-)
In 1988 LTC Warren Edwards was the Squadron Commander, in 1996 he was the ADC (M). Seems that 4-7 left with him, when left in 88. He took over the ADC(M) in 95 and 4-7 comes back!!!!!!! :-)
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