Australians Made Light Of Massive Korean Landmark
The signpost marking the 38th parallel in Korea had been “souvenired” so frequently that orders were eventually given for the erection of a marker that could not be so easily removed, Brigadier J. T. Burrows, who was commander of K Force for ■ year, told guests at the annual dinner of the Canterbury Junior Chamber of Commerce last evening . £ g £, eat block of concrete was sunk into the ground and a tombstoneshaped structure was erected on top of tt, said Brigadier Burrows. The fla-
ished marker might have weighed anything from one to five tons. he was in Pusan to bid farewell to (New Zealand troops who were going home in a ship with Australians, said Brigadier Burrows. Suddenly he saw a great crane lifting an object in a modern case that might have been a grand piano. He inquired what it was. “That is the 38th parallel,’’ he was told. _ And it was, said Brigadier Burrows. In darkness, two bulldozers had rooted the marker out. It was packed up it was, being taken back to
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27593, 25 February 1955, Page 10
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