AUTHOR’S NOTE: I was writing to a squadron buddy 43 years ago. I was stuck in a Snake Ranch, the term used for officer housing at the Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, Korea. It is an odd letter, transferred in some ancient Word format via Government Xerox machines a couple times and then tucked away someplace […]

(The image above was taken in May of 1980 from an Army tour bus in the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the De-Militarized Zone just south of the armistice line between the ROK and North Korea. The young officer standing to attention at the approach to what was known as the “Bridge of No Return.” […]

(This young American is on the only side of this little bridge you would want to visit. The other side of it is in North Korea. Taken at he Joint Security Area (JSA) in 1980 by some kid named ‘Socotra.’) I am sure you want to talk about the Electoral College this morning, and the […]