From the editor.

They call the Korean War the "Forgotten War" but I never forgot it. How could I? Fourteen years after the 1953 armistice, I was sent to Korea with the Second Infantry Division to serve along the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ.

When GEOGRAPHIC began working on an article to mark the DMZ's 50th anniversary, I searched my basement for reminders of that time. I was surprised to find this faded photo of me at the fence line and my Imjin Scout badge (for 157 missions north of the Imjin River). The badge brought it all back: The tension. The cold. That brutal week in January ...

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