by Karl M. Tschanz
Camp Stanley, South Korea
A KPA guard truck pulled up and 15 enemy soldiers off-loaded. Their leader [LT Pak Chol] was an officer known by the nickname of "Bulldog," a prime instigator in all other serious incidents in the JSA in years past. After 15 minutes "Bulldog" suddenly ordered the KSCs to cease working to which they began to obey. Capt Bonifas told them they were working for him not the N. Koreans and to continue working. The effect of this statement was immediate -- the Joes [slang for KNPA] jumped Capt Bonifas and knocked him to the ground -- he never got up. Both he and 1LT Barrett were intentionally isolated and set upon by 20 enemy troops wielding axe handles and our KSC's equipment. The C.O. was bludgeoned to death by blows to the head only, as was LT Barrett. The other UNC security guards engaged in an intense 5-minute gang fight with the remaining numerically superior Joes (our 7 to their 15 -- five more enemy re-enforcements had just shown up). The QRF was called in, scattering the Joes like the cowards they are (they still had numerical superiority but cannot stand up to a real fighting force). It was at this time that troops at the Advance Camp went on alert.
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