40 years ago come this November!!!!!! I PCS'd in April 84 and went to Fort Riley at the time, arrived back in country April 87! #dmz #korea #rok #dmzwar #JSA
The last dummy that defected to North Korea in 1982! Approximately 3 years later, NKs reported he drowned in a lake during winter time and the body was never recovered, right!!!!! #dmz #dmzwar #dmzvets #korea #rok #pfcwhite
In 2 days will mark the 73rd Anniversary of the start of the Korean War! Photo below is from the November 1998 repatriation of Korean War Remains, which over 7000 are still MIA! #koreanwar #dmz #jsa #korea #rok #dmzwar
1987 - Up on the Z - 2nd Infantry Division Patrol posing for a photo at Warrior Base! Random photo from the web! #2id #dmzvets #dmzwar #dmz #1980s #korea #rok #warriorbase
Latter 1960s - Article about the new Imjin Scout Award from the 2ID's Indianhead newspaper, which is now a magazine! At the time, 2ID HQ was a Camp Howze, before moving to Casey in 1971! #dmz #imjinscout #2id #korea #rok #dmzwar #dmzvets
Inspection before going out on a Day Recon patrol along the Z, by President Reagan in 1983! :-) :-) :-) #2id #dmz #dmzvets #korea #rok #dmzwar #1980s #PresidentReagan
Bryan Adams song, "Summer of 69". Yep, walking patrols along the DMZ in swampy rice paddies that year. Photo courtesy of Ron Bailey! #dmz #dmzwar #dmzvets #2id #7id #summerof69
One of the few photos show soldiers of 2ID and 7ID together on the DMZ, naturally be 1971 when 7ID deactivated in the ROK! Up till 1993, 7ID made return visits from Fort Ord for Team Spirit! #2id #7id #korea #rok #dmz #KoreanWar #dmzwar
Latter 1960s - Up on the Z - 19 plus Purple Hearts issued by 8th Army Commander, General Bonesteel. Mine you, this is not Vietnam or the Korean War (50 to 53), but the DMZ and the hazards that go with it!
#upontheZ #koreandmz #koreandmzvets #dmzvets #rok #dmzconflict #dmzwar
Long weekend over, back to running patrols!!!! 1980s day recon patrol, photo courtesy Mark Heathco. #dmz #dmzwar #2id #korea #rok #dmzvets #koreandmzvets #upontheZ
It is Memorial Day weekend, let us not forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice! The DMZ Memorial Wall, was at Yongsan, now it is located at Camp Humphreys, Korea! #dmz #dmzwar #dmzvets #2id #usfk #eusa #7id
Even though the DMZ Mission ended for the 2nd Infantry Division/US Army in October 1991, defending the ROK has NOT!!! 1994, 5th Squadron 17th Cavalry at Rodriguez Range for gunnery with their M3A2 Bradleys.... #dmz #dmzwar #2id #korea #rok
In 2 months, July 27th will mark the 70th Anniversary of the DMZ! Below is a monument dedicated to the Armistice by Panmunjom! Photo was taken in 2015! #dmz #dmzwar #dmzvets #korea #rok
1985 - Bridge of No Return - 9 years after Operation Paul Bunyan, cutting down of the poplar tree! Photos courtesy of Robert Philbrook. #dmz #dmzwar #2id #korea #rok #jsa #unc #dmzvets #paulbunyan
Someone the other day commented about this! But, I think Doug put it best! To the so many of the DMZ Vets I have talked with, feel the same exact way as I do, Americans on dumbfounded about Korea and especially the DMZ and the history of it! #dmz #dmzwar
