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Saturday, November 26, 2005

Lest We Forget
The Lost Nomad reminds us of a sad anniversary: Soldiers gather to honor KATUSA killed at Korean JSA in 1984. From the article:
    Twenty-one years ago, Sgt. 1st Class Gary Ross helped save a defecting Soviet citizen fleeing armed North Korean soldiers here.

    Ross returned to the Joint Security Area on Wednesday to speak at a ceremony to honor Korean Augmentee to the U.S. Army Cpl. Jang Myung-gee, who was killed in action in that effort on Nov. 23, 1984, in the United Nations Command section of the Joint Security Area.

    U.S. forces in the area reacted quickly to the raid, saving defector Vasily Matusak and killing three North Koreans before a cease-fire was negotiated and the North Koreans withdrew.

    Jang was killed in the fighting and a U.S. soldier, Pfc. Michael A. Burgoyne, was wounded.