Re: NK Guerrilla Activity 1953?

["Joseph S. Bermudez Jr." <joseph_bermudez@compuserve.com>]

> A 1999 publication [personal account] suggests that NK guerrilla activity
> behind the UN lines [3rd Inf Div specifically] was still  a problem as late
> as the spring and early summer of 1953.  As a rifleman with a 3rd Inf.
> Division line company at the time, I do not recall that guerrillas posed a
> threat during this final stage of the war.

I'd be interested in seeing the original personal account. Do you have a
complete citation for it?

 
> What is the evidence that NK guerrillas continued to be active during the
> three  or four months prior to the armistice in July 1953?

Actually, there were small groups of Communist guerrillas, armed
sympathizers and common bandits (who were often identified as communist
guerrillas) operating in the ROK till several years after the war. Their
activities became progressively less armed combat/guerrilla warfare and more
intelligence collection as time went on.

Regards,
Joe

Joseph S. Bermudez Jr.
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