From: "Robert G Lewis" 

I was actually thinking of that incident when I wrote

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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>> We have had continuing peace talks. Not sure if there are any currently.
>> the US government for many years seemed to think that a peace treaty
>> would be the end. Otherwise why continue peace talks. So not exactly a
>> 'win'. Definitely not a loss though.
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>> We have also kept some very good combat troops there until recently and
>> have had casualties from North Korean actions over the years. Not exactly
>> what most people could consider peace.
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> In 1976 we used 3 B-52s , several fighters and 26 gunships to trim a tree
> in the DMZ
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> http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/northkorea/1976.html
> On August 18, 1976, the two sides came closer to war than any time since
> the Korean War armistice. On that day, a party of nine South Koreans,
> accompanied by two U.S. officers and four American military police,
> ventured into the DMZ to prune a poplar tree. They'd decided that the tree
> hindered a clear view between two U.N. checkpoints. The party from the
> South was met near the tree by a North Korean lieutenant and seven other
> men. At first, the North Koreans didn't seem bothered by the intentions of
> the tree-cutting crew. Then the North Korean lieutenant demanded the party
> halt its work. When he was refused, a truckload of North Korean
> reinforcements showed up. The incident quickly turned into a bloody
> conflict, resulting in two American soldiers being beaten then axed to
> death.
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> But politics didn't keep the United States from staging a show of force a
> week later. With 26 helicopter gunships, three B-52 bombers and numerous
> fighter jets circling above, 300 U.S. and South Korean soldiers entered
> the DMZ -- to finish cutting down the poplar tree.
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