On the other end of the spectrum, Kissinger was starting to think that simply cutting.

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One of the most bizarre, and potentially inflammatory, incidents, was the axe murder of two United States Army officers by North Korean soldiers on August 18,in the Joint Security Area (JSA) located in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

The U.S. Army officers had been part of a work party cutting down a poplar tree in the JSA that was blocking the view of United Nations observers.

Apr 21, The large, leafy frame of the foot Normandy poplar was obstructing the view of a vital checkpoint at the mouth of the Bridge of No Return. So, on the morning of August 18,a cadre of soldiers assembled in the most volatile area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone to cut it back.

Fifteen men set out on the task - five South Korean civilian laborers and ten UNC officers as bushhaul.bar: Matt Reimann. Jun 10, The scene at the poplar tree moments before North Korean soldiers attacked and murdered Art Bonifas and Mark Barrett in Augustand the scene at the pine tree of peace that North Korean leader Estimated Reading Time: 10 mins. Aug 21, Hundreds of troops were mobilised as a group of engineers drove in to chop down the tree In AugustNorth Korean soldiers attacked a group of US and South Korean men trimming a poplar tree Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins.

Many Ford administration officials, encouraged by the fact that the United States had forced the North Koreans to back down for the first time without firing a shot, considered Operation Paul Bunyan a success.

Sep 14, InNorth Korean soldiers hacked two American troops to death over a poplar tree. 40 years later, it’s worth remembering how it all went down. By GORDON F.