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A War Was Once Fought Here1 comment

Jeffrey wrote 6 months ago: Once or twice a month, I board a bus at the Dongbu (East Terminal) Bus Station in Daejeon for about … more →

Tags: Korean War, My Life That Was Korea, South Korea, daejeon, Flying Cheetahs, South Africa Korean War Monument in South Korea

Talk of War still Far from Heartland USA -- Originally written in January 2003

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: The Story Behind the Story   One of my more ambitious writing projects was the time I interviewed so … more →

Tags: Americana, History, Illinois Valley, lasalle, iraq

All that matters, isn't gold

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: The Story Behind the Story   There have been a couple watershed years in Korea when a lot of crazy a … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, Korean Stuff, USFK, Winter Olympics, apolo ohno, SOFA, 2002 World Cup, Axis of Evil

Culture Shock?1 comment

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: The Story Behind the Story   In January 1999 I started to make monthly and bimonthly contributions t … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, South Korea, Culture

The Accidental Journalist, Part 23 -- The Inchon Landing Commemorated, Sept. 15, 20003 comments

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: The Story Behind the Story   Not even a typhoon could keep me from a story.   That’s almost what hap … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, Korean War, Korea Times, Inchon Landing, Operation Chromite

The Accidental Journalist, Part 21 -- War Remains, The Long Journey Home

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: The Story Behind the StoryAfter I had written three articles on the recovery of war remains from the … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, Korean War

The Accidental Journalist, Part 20 -- Departure Ceremony for Korean War Remains

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: The Story Behind the Story   Some of the more sobering and somber articles I wrote on a Korean War C … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, South Korea, Korean War, Yongsan Garrison, War Remains

The Accidental Journalist, Part 19 -- An Unexpected Journey

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: The Story Behind the Story   This is actually a “story behind the story” of another story.   In addi … more →

Tags: Americana, My Life That Was Korea, History, Books, Korean War, Chosin Few, Chosin Reservoir, US Marines

The Accidental Journalist, Part 17 -- The "Chosin Few" Remembered1 comment

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: These days I have been reading The Coldest Winter – America and the Korean War by the late David Hal … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, Korean War, Chosin Few, Gen. Raymond Davis, Chosin Reservoir, David Halberstam

The Accidental Journalist, Part 14 -- Task Force Smith Heroics Remembered5 comments

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: In June 2000 I crashed the big Korean War Commemorative event at War Memorial, and attended a USO ba … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, South Korea, Korean War, Task Force Smith, osan, Battle of Osan, Brad Smith

Remaining Vigilant at Freedom's Frontier

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: The first time I went to Panmunjom, or the Joint Security Area was on Dec. 31, 1996. It was a cold, … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, South Korea, Korean War, Panmunjom, jsa, Camp Bonifas

War & Remembrance: A 3-Year Journey into the Past

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: This was written in the summer of 2003 right before the big commemoration event in Panmunjom. Readin … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, Korean War

Courage Under Fire

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: This article originally appeared in the Korea Times on May 9, 2001 as a two-part story on American K … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, Korean War, Chipyong-ni, San Antonio veterans, Second Infantry Division, Korean War veterans

Guru of Flavor: Chef Paul Prudhomme

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: Yes, I have been fortunate to have been blessed with many talents and for being in the right place a … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, Food and Drink

The Accidental Journlist, Part 7 -- Symbols of War and a Divided Korea1 comment

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: Although this was my second feature article that I wrote back in June 2000 (my first one was an inte … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, Korean War

Shogun Splendor at Nijo Castle

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: This was orginally written in 2003.With over 1,600 Buddhist temples, 400 Shinto shrines, and a trio … more →

Tags: Travel, Japan

Urban Renewal1 comment

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: This was originally published in the Korea Times on Feb. 21, 2006. It is a bit dated now (Lee Myung- … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, Korea Redux

25th Anniversary of the Panmunjom Ax Murder Incident -- Part 28 comments

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: As I continue to update this new blog, I am including some articles and essays which I wrote for the … more →

Tags: History, My Life That Was Korea, South Korea, , Imjin Scouts, joint security area, jsa, Panmunjom, Panmunjom Ax Murder

25th Anniversary of the Panmunjom Ax Murder Incident -- Part 16 comments

Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: As I continue to update this new blog, I am including some articles and essays which I wrote for the … more →

Tags: History, My Life That Was Korea, South Korea, Panmunjom, Panmunjom Ax Murder, jsa, , joint security area, Imjin Scouts


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