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DMZ Era Messages posted to this BBS:

Entry Name	Last Message
JIMMY BAUGHAM	February 27, 2025
JOHN BOST	January 31, 2018
JOSEPH O'HARA	March 2, 2014
DICK THOMPSON	October 26, 2011
JOHN LA POTRA	October 16, 2011
JOHN LA POTRA	October 16, 2011
TERRY MAHAFFAY	May 16, 2008
DAVID BENBOW	November 7, 2000

Entry: 9362

KOREAN DMZ VETERANS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

JIMMY BAUGHAM wrote on February 27, 2025

roanoke rapids NC

Comments:

How do I go about getting the CIB badge as was with the 2nd SnT battalion 2 ND
Division and we were on the DMZ many days and I had 9 Korean Kutusas that jump
and went I guess back to North Korea that day when we got attacked.I could not
find them when we had to pull back.Thank you very much.

Entry: 7423

KOREAN DMZ VETERANS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

JOHN BOST wrote on January 31, 2018

Greenville Sc

Comments:

I was over there in 67-68 at camp casey I was in honest john rocket
unit,when were in the field, I had to pull a lot of guard duty which was
always a scary time? I as always glad to see the sun come up.there was
always something going on to keep you on guard. The pueblo was
captured,there were a lot of attacks by the North Koreans. We did not get
much sympathy from anybody because of Vietnam I signed up for nam but
after awhile I saw enough on korea.and they never call d

Entry: 6592

KOREAN DMZ VETERANS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

JOSEPH O'HARA wrote on March 2, 2014

Akron PA

Comments:

I served in A Company, 31st Infantry and our base was Camp
Casey.I served on the DMZ in 1968. We were awarded the
Bayonet Badge and the Imjin Scout pin. It was hard reality
up there on the Z, especially in winter. I have been trying
to contact some of my buddies but so far no luck. If anyone
has any ideas let me know. My email address is
josephpohara@hotmail.com and my phone number is 7178592464.

Entry: 6150

KOREAN DMZ VETERANS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

DICK THOMPSON wrote on October 26, 2011

salem in.

Comments:

location & name camp of fox co 65th inf.regt.3rd inf.div.on
the D.M.Z. july 1953? would apreseate any info.you can
with.dick

Entry: 6139

KOREAN DMZ VETERANS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

JOHN LA POTRA wrote on October 16, 2011

CHICAGO ILLINOIS

Comments:

LOOKING FOR THE FOR BOYS OF 2/17 FA 1981 - 1982.

Entry: 5533

KOREAN DMZ VETERANS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

TERRY MAHAFFAY wrote on May 16, 2008

Comments:

I was at Camp Liberty Bell in the 1st/31st inf(M) 2nd Inf Division Imjin Scout from 1971-1972. Would love to hear about any reunions or talk to others.

Entry: 114

KOREAN DMZ VETERANS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

DAVID BENBOW wrote on November 7, 2000

Comments:

I served in the Korean DMZ from Feb 1968 to June 1969. I served with Company C 3/23rd Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division. I went to Korea after the North Koreans captured a US Navy ship, "the Pueblo". You can get lots of info about the Ship.They even have a web site. The crew was kept prisoner for 10 months (one was killed in the capture). I used to hear the captured crew on North Korean loudspeakers in the DMZ at night. The North Koreans played march music on 10 foot tall speakers plus propaganda off and on during the night. We would be setting ambushes in the DMZ to try and stop infiltrators who came from North Korea to South Korea, thinking that the South Korean people would rise up and overthrow the existing government of South Korea and Kick out the 50,000 American troops stationed there , thereby uniting Korea, which was divided at the end of WWII. I recommend several articles: Go to the VFW Magazine website, (Feb 2000 issue) for a story about the use of agent orange in the DMZ in 1968. My picture is in that story. A friend of mine, William Holinger, wrote an award winning novel about his experiences in the DMZ during 1968. It's called "The Fencewalker". Bill has taught creative writing at Univ of Michigan and Harvard. You can get this book through your inter-library loan system. You can also get info from www.theforgottenvictory.org I have formed a DMZ vets organization with about 350 members. We've had several reunions in the 1990's. I returned to Korea in 1998 and got to go back to the DMZ again. It was weird. When I went to Korea I was 23 and had graduated from UNC. After I got out of the Army I went to law school at the Univ of North Carolina and I practice law in Statesville, NC. I have 5 children. One is 25 and is a campus minister at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I have 4 daughters who are in the 9th, 7th, 6th, and 3rd grades. My wife is a homemaker. If you have questions you may e-mail, call (704-871-9000), fax (704-873-0570) or write PO BOX 432 Statesville, NC 28687-0432.

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