History & Heroes Of the Korean DMZ: 1953 to Today
“Russian Pilot Describes Defection to Ukraine, Urges Others to Follow,” reports the Wall Street Journal about a Russian chopper pilot who defected to Ukraine in his Mi-8. He received a $500,000 reward. The article refers to an Israeli program to persuade an Arab pilot to defect with his MiG. But we think the first such…
…”Growing up in the Communist North, however, (Seung-taek) Lee had learned to make large-scale sculptures (of Kim Il-sung and Joseph Stalin), and after the Korean War, he fulfilled commissions in the South for very different subjects, including Gen. Douglas MacArthur. He also made portraits for soldiers, and in 1967 found himself on a military base…
In 1979, U.S. Army PFC Ryeu Sup “Roy” Chung was officially reported as AWOL. The date was June 5, and he had vanished from his unit, Troop C, First Squadron, Second Armored Cavalry Regiment, based in Germany. Notably, while sometimes identified as a Korean-American, Chung was a Korean citizen who had lived in the U.S….