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...wide demilitarized zone on either side of the line. In their ceaseless search for shell casings and scrap metal, South Korean civilians blunder into old but still murderous minefields. Red agents, trying to sneak south, are shot or captured by U.N. patrols. Last November North Korean soldiers raided an unalert U.S. post, lobbed in grenades and killed one G.I., wounded another. "There's glamour in South Viet Nam because you fight there," says a U.S. captain. "Here, it's worse because you aren't supposed to fight but you've got to be ready every instant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: A Place of 10 Million Words | 8/2/1963 | See Source »

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