I'm a life member of the D.A.V., I'm with the Vet to Vet program at the Orlando, FL. V.A.which is Vets helping other Vets outside of that I go here and there with friends. I'm also with the 1st Cav. Div. Association here in FL., Vietnam Vets of Central Florida, Vietnam Vets group called the Family and The Vietnam Vets of America.
Other Comments:
Next April I'll be going to the All Vet Reunion down in Melbourne, FL. And in September of next year I'll be going with a friend up to Erie, Pennsylvania. We're even going to go to a Pittsburgh Steelers game.
Remembrance Profiles -
5 Soldiers Remembered
Bosse, Walter, MSG, (1942-1966)
Cornejo, Manuel, SGT, (1967-1969)
Levine, James, SSG, (1970-1979)
Poynor, James, PFC
Ward, Gerald, PFC, (2007-2010)
Deployment - Korean DMZ Armistice Enforcement
From Month/Year
January / 1954
To Month/Year
December / 2999
Description This duty is reserved for combat arms units that patrol and guard the DMZ. Does not apply to those just being stationed in Korea.
The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula. It is established by the provisions of the Korean Armistice Agreement to serve as a buffer zone between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The Demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier that divides the Korean Peninsula roughly in half. It was created by agreement between North Korea, China and the United Nations in 1953.
All along the 148-mile (238-kilometer) truce line that bisects the Korean peninsula, hundreds of thousands of well-trained troops from two of the world's largest armies (plus more than half of the 37,000 United States troops stationed in South Korea) stand ready to fight, trained by their commanders to hate their ideological opposites and never to let their defenses down.
The Civilian Control Line is a line that designates an additional buffer zone to the DMZ within an area of 5 to 20km from the Southern Limit Line of the DMZ. Its purpose is to limit and control the entrance of civilians into the area in order to protect and maintain the security of military facilities and operations near the DMZ. The commander of the 8th US Army ordered the creation of the CCL and it was activated and first became effective in February 1954.