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'Donut Dollies' at the DMZ

Christmas Eve 1969 was a cold and lonely holiday for a group of Soldiers on the Korean Peninsula. Instead of celebrating with families, they spent the night in their foxholes guarding the ...
ABC News

North Korea shot down a US plane in 1969, killing 31 Americans

In 1969 North Korea shot down a U.S. reconnaissance plane, killing 31 Americans. — -- North Korea's recent threat to shoot down American military aircraft outside of its airspace recalls an ...
The National Interest

In 1969, North Korea Almost Unleashed World War III (And Now We Know Why)

The intelligence community hadn’t been paying as much attention to reconnaissance coverage of North Korea before the guerrilla campaign because the country’s hadn’t been “an overly active area” over ...
UPI

North Korea denied abducting South Koreans on 1969 flight, document shows

May 18 (UPI) --North Korea denied allegations of abducting the crewmembers and passengers of a Korean Air Lines flight hijacked in 1969, according to a document made public on the United Nations High ...
The Washington Post

The U.S. did nothing after North Korea shot down a Navy spy plane in 1969. Trump vows that won’t happen again.

This post has been updated. On April 15, 1969, a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane took off in from an airbase in Japan on a ...
The National Interest

In 1969, North Korea Almost Unleashed World War III (And Now We Know Why)

After the traumatic opening to 1968, South Korea enjoyed a period of calm throughout the early infiltration season as violence and guerilla activity dipped. It didn’t last. In late Oct. 1968, 120 ...