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The DMZ War

History & Heroes Of the Korean DMZ: 1953 to Today

DMZ 1959 (54-9)

This Year in the DMZ War

Important incidents in the DMZ or affecting it. Send us your stories to add (below). Summaries from the Congressional Research Service. Additional research from the DMZ War.

1954-9:

1959: US Army intelligence report obtained by DMZ War summarizes North Korean operations from 1954- 1958.

Distraught Villager Restrained Trying to Eat Heart from Dead NK Soldier Seven Members of this Man’s Family Killed by NK Team

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