"Gary Bloomfield presents here the first unvarnished accounts of the tension and the impact serving on the line can bring. Just one example: TI firefights are rare, US soldiers often hear North Korean soldiers and their laughter and their taunts, but they rarely see their tormentors"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

Overview: Still standing guard in Korea -- An Olympic hero -- DMZ incidents -- The minefield -- The tree incident -- Shangri-la : inside the world's deadliest border -- Agent Orange : a deadly legacy -- Cause of death unknown -- Chusok : Korea's day of thanksgiving -- Tit for tat at PanMunJom -- Tour to PanMunJom -- The longest, loneliest Christmas -- Infiltration -- The blue house raid -- The Pueblo incident -- Other incidents -- The children -- The DMZ's porous southern barrier fence -- Guard post ouellette -- Lifeline to Seoul -- The tunnels -- Shell-shocked -- Deciphering the myths of the Kim dynasty.