Chuck Bryant

And they invaded, and the Korean War broke out, like you said, and it lasted for three years.

I always thought it was Americans who were fighting in Korea, but it turns out there were plenty of American troops, mostly American troops, but they were part of a UN command that was actually fighting the North along with the South Koreans.

Yeah, I think it's like 90 percent American forces.

And you said it lasted three years.

I think the Korean War is one of those that technically never ended.

True.

Officially, because I mean, that's kind of one of those nitpicky trivia questions.

That's a good one.

That, you know, there was never an official treaty ending the war.

They came to a truce or an armistice because of a stalemate basically after three years.

But I think, you know, on the books, the Korean War never technically ended.

Yeah, that's my understanding too.

Well, good point.

So one of the big things about this armistice agreement was that it was like, okay, you guys, we need some separation here.

And they literally separated North Korea from South Korea.

Like you said, the dividing line runs roughly along the 38th parallel.

But on either side of that border of North and South Korea, there's a buffer zone, the demilitarized zone, the DMZ I was referring to before.

I think it's 2.4 miles wide total, 1.2 miles on either side.

And that is like effectively the de facto border between north and south.

No one's supposed to come into that no man's zone, no man's land, the DMZ.