Veterans of the ‘Z will remember the village of Daeseongdong, the only civilian town in the DMZ. Five 6th graders recently graduated from Daeseongdong Elementary School (interesting that only one of them is a native of the village, the rest being bused in from Munsan).
“‘The great privilege for me is to be able to provide security for the villagers every single day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week and provide normal lives for them inside of the Demilitarized Zone,’ said Lt. Col. Chris Mercado, the UNC Security Battalion Commander.”