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The U.S. Embassy housing compound, usually a calm, peaceful place in the corner of U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan, was overrun by a bunch of “jabronis” one afternoon last month. On April 29, about 600 people of all ages gathered at white tents set up on a lawn, where heaps of smoked meats were being served for the 43rd biannual Fleischfest, a feast of smoked meats prepared by dozens of volunteer Fleischmeisters.
The U.S. Army bus that carried international journalists covering the Military Armistice Commission (MAC) meeting between the U.N. Command (UNC) and North Korean officers at the Panmunjeom truce village unloaded us at Gwanghwamun intersection in the very center of Seoul, one afternoon in February 1968. Leaving the group, I walked up to The Korea Times' building a few blocks away to write a story of the day's debate in the MAC conference room exchanged by the two adversaries of the 1950-53 Korean War that had ended a decade and a half earlier.
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Officials are responding to a second wildfire at Fort McCoy Friday evening, the military installation confirmed.
With the Arcadia wildfire under control, Fort McCoy personnel, along with local and regional fire departments, have begun cleanup at the base's north border.