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Article: Prince Philip Spends Day at Panmunjom.
- Article from:
- Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)
- Article date:
- April 21, 1999
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Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, spent his third day in Korea this border village, experiencing the persisting tension between the South and the North.
After arriving at Camp Bonifas, a security battalion of the United Nations Command (UNC), Prince Philip was escorted to Guard Post Ouellette where he observed North Korean villages less than a mile away.
Lt. Col. James Nixon, commander of Joint Security Area (JSA) battalion, briefed the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on the operational status of the UNC troops stationed at the demilitarized zone.
Gen. John Tilelli, commander of the UNC and the Combined Forces Command, informed the ...