
Jim Vestal ©Stars and Stripes South Korea, December, 1960: A Korean boy in a village about 30 miles northeast of Seoul covers his ears as a tank from the 2nd Medium Tank Battalion, 40th Armor, 7th Infantry Division fires its 90mm guns. The tanks were shooting at the "aggressor" in Parry III, a field training exercise.
What I find amazing about this old Stars & Stripes image is that these soldiers were conducting a tank live fire in the middle of a South Korean village. I could only imagine what the repercussions would be today if someone fired a tank within a Korean village.






