Here is a great post-Korean War story via Spelunker over at the ROK Drop Forums:

With smoke, machine gun fire and debris all around him, North Korean military pilot No Kum-Sok gave little thought to his opponents who were trying to shoot down his MiG-15 during the Korean War.All he was thinking about was survival.

But 56 years later, No Kum-Sok and one of his former adversaries, Wes Tillis of Vero Beach, who flew B-29 fighter planes for the United States, have formed a strong friendship, reunited by a magazine article about the North Korean pilot’s defection to the west.

The pair shared their story at a lecture Wednesday afternoon at the Regency Park senior community in Vero Beach.

No Kum-Sok, who has changed his name to Ken Rowe and now lives in Daytona Beach, said he was pleased when Tillis contacted him about seven years ago regarding their shared war experiences. He said that even in wartime, he respected the American pilots and thought they were well-educated and civilized.

“It was so nice because I always wondered what we were fighting about,” said Rowe.  [TC Palm]