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Talk of War still Far from Heartland USA -- Originally written in January 2003

Jeffrey wrote 2 weeks ago: The Story Behind the Story   One of my more ambitious writing projects was the time I interviewed s … more →

Tags: Americana, History, Illinois Valley, iraq, lasalle

All that matters, isn't gold

Jeffrey wrote 2 weeks ago: The Story Behind the Story   There have been a couple watershed years in Korea when a lot of crazy … more →

Tags: Korean Stuff, My Life That Was Korea, South Korea, 2002 World Cup, apolo ohno, Axis of Evil, SOFA, USFK, Winter Olympics

Culture Shock?1 comment

Jeffrey wrote 3 weeks ago: The Story Behind the Story   In January 1999 I started to make monthly and bimonthly contributions … more →

Tags: Culture, Korean Stuff, My Life That Was Korea, South Korea

The Accidental Journalist, Part 23 -- The Inchon Landing Commemorated, Sept. 15, 20003 comments

Jeffrey wrote 3 weeks ago: The Story Behind the Story   Not even a typhoon could keep me from a story.   That’s almost wha … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, Korean War, Korea Times, Inchon Landing, Operation Chromite

The Accidental Journalist, Part 20 -- Departure Ceremony for Korean War Remains

Jeffrey wrote 1 month ago: The Story Behind the Story   Some of the more sobering and somber articles I wrote on a Korean War … more →

Tags: History, Korean War, My Life That Was Korea, South Korea, War Remains, Yongsan Garrison

The Accidental Journalist, Part 19 -- An Unexpected Journey

Jeffrey wrote 1 month ago: The Story Behind the Story   This is actually a “story behind the story” of another story.   I … more →

Tags: Americana, My Life That Was Korea, History, Books, Korean War, Chosin Few, Chosin Reservoir, US Marines

The Accidental Journalist, Part 17 -- The "Chosin Few" Remembered

Jeffrey wrote 2 months ago: These days I have been reading The Coldest Winter – America and the Korean War by the late David H … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, Korean War, Chosin Few, Gen. Raymond Davis, Chosin Reservoir, David Halberstam

The Accidental Journalist, Part 14 -- Task Force Smith Heroics Remembered

Jeffrey wrote 3 months ago: In June 2000 I crashed the big Korean War Commemorative event at War Memorial, and attended a USO b … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, South Korea, Korean War, Task Force Smith, osan, Battle of Osan, Brad Smith

Remaining Vigilant at Freedom's Frontier

Jeffrey wrote 3 months ago: The first time I went to Panmunjom, or the Joint Security Area was on Dec. 31, 1996. It was a cold, … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, South Korea, Korean War, Panmunjom, jsa, Camp Bonifas

War & Remembrance: A 3-Year Journey into the Past

Jeffrey wrote 3 months ago: This was written in the summer of 2003 right before the big commemoration event in Panmunjom. Readin … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, Korean War

Courage Under Fire

Jeffrey wrote 3 months ago: This article originally appeared in the Korea Times on May 9, 2001 as a two-part story on American K … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, Korean War, Chipyong-ni, San Antonio veterans, Second Infantry Division, Korean War veterans

The Accidental Journlist, Part 7 -- Symbols of War and a Divided Korea1 comment

Jeffrey wrote 3 months ago: Although this was my second feature article that I wrote back in June 2000 (my first one was an inte … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, Korean War

Urban Renewal

Jeffrey wrote 5 months ago: This was originally published in the Korea Times on Feb. 21, 2006. It is a bit dated now (Lee Myung- … more →

Tags: Korea Redux, Korean Stuff, My Life That Was Korea, South Korea

25th Anniversary of the Panmunjom Ax Murder Incident -- Part 22 comments

Jeffrey wrote 6 months ago: As I continue to update this new blog, I am including some articles and essays which I wrote for th … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, South Korea, Panmunjom, Panmunjom Ax Murder, jsa, , joint security area, Imjin Scouts

25th Anniversary of the Panmunjom Ax Murder Incident -- Part 12 comments

Jeffrey wrote 6 months ago: As I continue to update this new blog, I am including some articles and essays which I wrote for th … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, History, South Korea, Panmunjom, Panmunjom Ax Murder, jsa, , joint security area, Imjin Scouts

My 2001 interview with Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré -- Part 21 comment

Jeffrey wrote 7 months ago: It doesn’t take long for the young men and women who are assigned to the 2ID to feel part of the t … more →

Tags: History, My Life That Was Korea, South Korea, 2ID, Chipyong-ni, D-day, Korean War, USFK

My 2001 interview with Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré -- Part 1

Jeffrey wrote 7 months ago: While surfing the Internet today I came upon an article about Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré (pronounced … more →

Tags: Americana, My Life That Was Korea, History, 2ID, Second Infantry Division, Camp Red Cloud, USFK, ROK-US Alliance

Taking "Jeopardy" on the road

Jeffrey wrote 7 months ago: As a feature writer for the Korea Times, I got to meet some interesting people including Alex Trebe … more →

Tags: Americana, My Life That Was Korea, South Korea, USO, American TV Shows, Game shows, alex trebek

The day I met Yoko Ono

Jeffrey wrote 7 months ago: I was very fortunate when I was writing for the Korea Times from 2000-2006 to have the opportunity … more →

Tags: My Life That Was Korea, South Korea, Korea Times, Seoul, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Art


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