Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1130 21 1130-21-p074

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- A dense fog was lifting over the coastal waters off Binn, Korea, on a fall day in 1974. On shore, for the men of the Air Defense Artil- lery, the day was starting like any other day. In such “attack” units it is always a matter of wait-and-see and being in fit preparedness in the event the North Koreans should strike south, s, three t0 a pad, were always on a “ready alert.” ‘AM, the base radac unit picked up a blip. It was a “bogey” moving in fast from out at sea toward Binn’s shore-line...