Operation Paul Bunyan 1976
what does it take to cut down a tree in the korean dmz? not much really.
- a convoy of 23 American and South Korean vehicles
- two eight-man teams of military engineers
- two 30-man security platoons from the Joint Security Force
- the 2nd and 3rd Platoon handling security
- B Company activating the detonation systems for the charges on Freedom Bridge
- E Company building M4T6 rafts on the Imjin River should the situation require emergency evacuation
- a 64-man ROK special forces company accompanied them, armed with clubs and trained in Tae Kwon Do
- a U.S. infantry company in 20 utility helicopters and 7 Cobra attack helicopters
- B-52 bombers escorted by U.S. F-4 fighters from Kunsan Air Base and ROK F-5 fighters
- at Osan Air Base, F-111 fighters armed and fueled, ready to take off at short notice
- many more heavily armed U.S. and ROK infantry, artillery and armor waiting to back up the special operations team
- the aircraft carrier Midway task force moved to a station just offshore
