The shocking murder of two American officers in the Joint Security Area between North and South Korea threatens to start a war. This is the story of the Panmunjom axe murder incident - and the American and South Korean response - commonly known as Operation Paul Bunyan.
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Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panmunjom_axe_murder_incident
https://ns.clementspapers.org/briefing-books/korea-tree-incident
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Korean_Axe_Murderers_at_DMZ_-_1976.jpg
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