[Alas Babylon!]

I thought the tree-cutting incident was in 1976? I remember our TI telling us in basic training that we might go to war with NK over it.

[ExSoldier]

Not '76 for sure. It was either 1977 or 1978. I know because I was at an ROTC camp each year and I got a letter from a friend not in ROTC about the incident and reflecting on my timing re my desire to pursue an army commission.

[ExSoldier]

I just did a google and actually, you're correct. August 18th 1976. I wonder if there was a subsequent incident there in 1977 or 78? I seem to vaguely remember that the North Koreans later downed one of our helicopters flying along the DMZ and this was the incident which my buddy wrote of.