Bridges at Panmunjom
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Authors
Morrow, Sean
Issue Date
2020
Type
Other
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Keywords
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
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Abstract
I am not a civil engineer. I am an infantryman. However, over two years leading the combined battalion, I learned a lot about bridges. Bridges are central to the geography and the psyche of the United Nations Command Security Battalion – Joint Security Area (UNCSB-JSA).
You must cross a bridge to get to the southern boundary of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), where the soldiers of the UNCSB-JSA live and work. You travel along Old Highway 1, which once connected the southern tip of Korea across the peninsula to the border with China. As you approach Panmunjom, you cross the Imjin River over the Tong-il Bridge.
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Citation
Morrow, Sean M. "Bridges at Panmunjom" The Wilson Quarterly (1976-) 43, no. 3 (Summer 2020).
Publisher
Wilson Quarterly