North Korea Murdered Two U.S. Officers With Axes Over a Tree and Almost Started World War III. America Deployed B-52s, an Aircraft Carrier, and South Korean Soldiers With Claymores Strapped to Their Chests

World War III over a Tree Near North Korea? It Almost Happened: The DMZ tree incident, or “axe murderer incident,” occurred on August 18, 1976, when North Korean soldiers killed two U.S. Army officers, Capt. Arthur Bonifas and 1st Lt. Mark Barrett, with axes, while supervising troops trimming a poplar tree in the Joint Security […]
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