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	Week 17 in Korea
		It is the closest camp to Panmunjon, a place that would likely be the first to encounter any fighting if hostilities between the two countries reignite.
		Panmunjon is the place where occasional talks between the two sides have occurred and it is the place where the two sides are in daily contact.
		After the tour of Panmunjon we returned to Camp Boniface and were dropped off at an officers club that doubles as a souvenir stand.
	www.uwm.edu /~tholme/AKOREA/wk17.htm (1279 words)

	2007 May \| SeoulLife.net
		Dinner last night was pretty interesting, (and involved even more soju) but both Mom and Dad got up bright and early and out the door at 6 a.m.
		today to take the USO tour to Panmunjon.
		I’m trying not to watch the wires for news of an international incident.
	seoullife.net /2007/05 (428 words)

	Mulcahey's Meatheads - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He emerges a professional infantryman: lean, mean, fit, proud, and trained to kill.
		So much so he is disappointed at the armistice signed at Panmunjon.
		This article about a novel is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mulcahey's_Meatheads (260 words)

	Project Korea
		We were taking a bus tour to the Demilitarized Zone, heading north from Seoul toward the land-mined, barricaded and patrolled corridor of no man's land that has divided the Korean peninsula for 50 years.
		The only thing was, one strap was broken and they were kind of dirty and old looking, but they had a back to them.
		The only thing I could take a picture of that had that logo this time was on the front of the mess hall building were we ate lunch.
	www.mssu.edu /international/mccaleb/korea/tour.htm (1809 words)

	U.S. Army Aviation Museum \| preserving the Past... for the Future (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This took place from Panmunjon to various hospital ships in a total of 124 flights during the 7 days.
		During the exercise, the men of the 6th developed efficient procedures for loading and unloading patients and arranging litters in the aircraft.
		During the few months cargo helicopters operated in combat in Korea, their activities were hampered by some of the same problems that plagued utility helicopter operations.
	www.armyavnmuseum.org /history/war/korea/cargo5.html (1295 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: Pork Chop Hill review
		While peace talks were being held across the table at Panmunjon, the 135-man K-Company of the 7th infantry was ordered to retake "Pork Chop Hill" from the Chinese.
		The entire purpose of taking this hill was to gain more leverage against the Communists in the Panmunjon peace talks.
		This battle would last for thirty hours, and after the bloody conflict, the American soldiers of K-Company held their ground, though only 28 of them would survive.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/porkchophill.htm (1328 words)

	Our Mission
		Those ceremonies are conducted throughout the peninsula, from Panmunjon in the Demilitarized Zone, to the port city of Pusan and everywhere in between.
		The Honor Guard has performed repatriation ceremonies in Panmunjon and JSA, to Pyongyang, North Korea.
		The men of the UNC Honor Guard are also constantly training to function as an infantry company in the event of open hostilities or disasters.
	8tharmy.korea.army.mil /UNCHonorGuard/ourmission.htm (582 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 20 \| 1953: UN and Korea begin prisoner exchange
		The Allies and Korea have exchanged sick and wounded prisoners of war at Panmunjon, just a mile away from continued fighting at the north-south border.
		But the South Koreans said they were treated like cattle, given "terrible" food and forced to attend indoctrination sessions.
		Also today, 400 North Koreans and 100 Chinese prisoners arrived at Munsan and were transferred by ambulance to be sent back to North Korea at Panmunjon.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/click/rss/1.0/-/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/20/newsid_2850000/2850307.stm (474 words)

	Engineers in Korea- Miscellaneous (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The balloon is 15 feet in diameter and is elevated to 1400 feet to mark the Panmunjom Military Armistice Conference area.
		ES27-11-4 (SC395626) Members of Co C, 14th Eng Combat Bn, 8th US Army, are grounding the new M-1 "VLA" barrage balloon which is used to mark the Panmunjon Military Armistice Conference perimeter.
		The balloon is 35 feet long, 14 feet in Diatmeter, hold 3,000 cubic Ft. of Helium gas, and is elevated to a height of 1200 ft. 22 Mar 1952.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/photos/Korea/kwengin/misc.htm (418 words)

	CNN - North Korea agrees to join peace talks with South - Feb. 22, 1997
		PANMUNJON, Korea (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced Saturday that North Korea has agreed to participate in talks with the South.
		Earlier in Seoul, 30 miles south of Panmunjon, Albright and South Korean Foreign Minister Yoo Chong-ha confirmed that preliminary peace talks with North Korea would be held on March 5 in New York.
		North Korea has backed out twice, holding out for promises of food aid to overcome malnutrition and starvation caused by repeated floods.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9702/22/korea (395 words)

	Two Koreas Unrelenting in Standoff on Sea Border
		The sinking of the North Korean ship abruptly intensified the confrontation in the waters of the Yellow Sea, off the Korean Peninsula's west coast, and it is not clear how North Korea will respond.
		Even as the firing broke out, talks to resolve the nine-day crisis between North Korean officials and the United Nations Command began this morning at Panmunjon in the demilitarized zone.
		Monday's battle is the most serious setback in relations between the two sides since last December when South Korean forces sank a spy submarine that had intruded into South Korean waters.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/asia/061399korea-standoff.html (822 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Joseph Yi (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the midst of all this, Joseph Yi, a young Korean American in the U.S. Marines, served as head interpreter at the Panmunjon Prisoner Receiving Point following the signing of the Armistice Agreement in July 1953.
		He finally arrived in Korea in November 1952, but by then, the fighting "was basically over and it was just phasing down," according to Yi.
		He patrolled the southern banks of the Imjin River, north of Seoul and near Panmunjon, for five months, building bunkers and keeping his eye out for infiltrators.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Yi_Joseph_236742862.htm (1393 words)

	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The UN forces--from many countries, significantly from Great Britain and other members of the Commonwealth of Nations, but mostly American--fought a rearguard action back to approximately where the previous frontier had been, with rectifications to make it more compact.
		An armistice was signed in 1953 in Panmunjon, but there has not been a peace treaty, which means that technically the two Koreas are still at war.
		Kim Il Sung ruled a hardline, inflexibly Stalinist state, dedicated to the goal of self-sufficiency (juche).
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /k/koreaDemocraticPeoplesRepublicOf.html (1160 words)

	MAS*H: Peace On Us - TV.com
		Hawkeye becomes so disgusted with the stalled Panmunjon peace talks that he impulsively takes matters into his own hands, and goes to the meetings to lend a hand.
		The Panmunjon Peace Talks are featured in this episode - but they have already taken place, since they are mentioned in "Dear Mildred" (Season 4).
		Col Potter says they need 45 points to get discharged from the War but the Points system stopped being used at the end of World War 2 and was never used in the Korean War (edit)
	www.tv.com /peace-on-us/episode/43348/summary.html (375 words)

	Potomac Books - From Pusan to Panmunjom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Brassey's presents the candid and revealing wartime memoir of the twenty-nine year-old man who became South Korea's first four-star general.
		With photographs and a foreword by the commanders of U.S. forces in the war, Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway and Gen. James A. Van Fleet, FROM PUSAN TO PANMUNJON brings an unprecedented perspective to a cataclysmic war.
		Paik Sun Yup served as army chief of staff and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the ambassador to France, and the minister of transportation after the war.
	www.potomacbooksinc.com /Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=50103 (144 words)

	Nautilus Institute: FOIA Documents (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Stillwell cut the White House out of operational communications: Then-US Commander of US forces in Korea General Richard Stillwell blocked political interference in the military operations to cut down the offending poplar tree at Panmunjon.
		As the report explains, "General Stillwell was genuinely concerned about the possibility of Washington or Hawaii wanting to talk to the solder in the 'foxhole' during the operation, thereby by passing the legitimate chain of command and the prerogatives of the theater commander.
		The North Koreans fired on and hit a US helicopter flying above Panmunjon during the tree cutting operation: "The only weapons fire occurred when MG Brady was flying over Panmunjom to observe any reactions by the KPA.
	www.nautilus.org /archives/foia/panmunjom.html (349 words)

	Menifee
		From April 1951 to March 1952, Menifee ferried troops between Japan and Korea and within Korean waters, insuring through her mobility the distribution of U.N. forces according to need.
		During her second WesPac deployment, August 1953 to April 1954, she took part in extensive amphibious training exercises with American and Korean Marines and served as flagship for Operation “Big Lift”, the transfer of neutral Indian troops to the peace conference in Panmunjon.
		On 29 June 1955 Menifee was placed out of commission in reserve, assigned to the San Francisco Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m8/menifee.htm (461 words)

	U.S. PILOTS STRAYED 10 MILES OFF-COURSE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Washington, the State Department - increasingly frustrated by the delay in turning over Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Hall and the body of Chief Warrant Officer David Hilemon - sent a message to North Korea saying that the incident was regrettable but that ``we cannot understand the delay we are encountering,'' spokesman Michael McCurry said.
		The State Department acted after North Korea called off a scheduled meeting at the truce village of Panmunjon.
		The Pyongyang government said it had not finished its investigation of the helicopter incident and thus was not ready to talk.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941220/12200356.htm (395 words)

	5K instructions (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At Mountain half marathon and marathon runners will be on your right.
		Turn right onto Panmunjon, which is just before mile 2.
		At Central turn left and proceed to San Pasqual, then Old Town Rd, then finish on 19th.
	www.the-athletes-edge.com /events/fiesta/5krace.htm (232 words)

	Travel Video --- Touring Korea (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Blessed with a rich cultural legacy and spectacular beauty, Korea is blending change with tradition.
		See Seoul, Chejudo, Pusan, Kyongju, Mt. Soraksan, Dragon Valley, Panmunjon, and Olympic Sites.
		To Americans who fought there it was the Punch Bowl and Pork Chop Hill.
	www.encountervideo.com /kor.htm (170 words)

	Study Questions Week 06
		Why does he feel the battle is justified?
		How do the negotiators at Panmunjon defend the sacrifices?
		How do the actions and expressions of the Chinese negotiators at Panmunjon indicate they are to blame?
	userpages.umbc.edu /~landon/Courses/Engl_448_648_S99/448_648_W99_StudyQuestions_Week06.htm (564 words)

	54 Years of ’54 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Five oarsmen from ’54 won gold medals: Ed Stevens, Wayne Frye, Hank Proctor, Richard F. Murphy and William Fields.
		In the summer of 1952, Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, commander of Naval Forces in the Far East and senior United Nations delegate at the Korean Armistice talks in Panmunjon, Korea, came to the Academy to relieve Vice Admiral Harry W. Hill as Superintendent.
		Although we were unaware of it at the time, Joy had been diagnosed with leukemia after returning.
	www.usna.com /News_Pubs/Publications/Shipmate/2004/10/54.htm (1785 words)

	Conversation with David Rieff, p. 2 of 5
		For example, one of the places in the world that's probably most important to think about is North Korea.
		I've been to Panmunjon and I've been to South Korea.
		I don't have any sense of the place.
	globetrotter.berkeley.edu /people3/Rieff/rieff-con2.html (1559 words)

	US rules out direct talks with North Korea - Boston.com
		US rules out direct talks with North Korea
		A North Korean is seen between two South Korean soldiers at the truce village of Panmunjon in a file photo.
		North Korea wants talks with Washington over its apparent preparations for a missile test, Yonhap news agency said on Wednesday.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/06/21/us_rules_out_direct_talks_with_north_korea (338 words)

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