[2ndDivisionVet]

I was on duty at the I Corps tactical operations center as the G-2 duty NCO (even though I was an E-3) the night Korean President Park Chung-hee was assassinated by his own people. At first, we naturally assumed the North Koreans were attacking, as they had assaulted the Blue House before, killing the first lady and others. Many moons ago.

[BlueLancer]

And I was assigned to HHC, 2nd Infantry Division, at Camp Casey, Tongduchon, at the time that he was assassinated. We were awakened by the alert sirens and drew our weapons and beat feet over to our assigned offices, where we pretty much remained for the next 15 or so hours.

Interesting times ---