plaque marks spot where the Axe Murder Incident of August 1976, inside the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) between South /North Korea

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A plaque marks the spot where the Axe Murder Incident of August 1976 took place inside the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) between South and North Korea, Saturday 28th August 2010. The DMZ sits on the 38th parallel. The Ax Murder incident involved the death of CPT Arthur Bonifas and 1LT Mark Barrett of the US Army, murdered by North Korean soldiers.

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Size: 5200px × 3467px
Location: Panmunjom, DMZ South Korea
Photo credit: © jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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