DeSotoSky
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Hello and welcome to the Sunday Picture Show. Share your Buck knives with others by posting pictures of them here. New or old, plain or custom, user or safe queen, one or a collection, we love to see them all. This weekly tradition was started in 2010 by ItsTooEarly (Armand Hernandez) and Oregon (Steve Dunn). Help keep the tradition alive. Feel free to click that 'LIKE' but lets not let it replace discussing and complimenting each others knives. Above all, enjoy the show. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
This Day in History: August 21, 1976 Operation Paul Bunyan
The first image is the tree being removed on Aug 21st. The second image is the preceeding axe murder incident on August 18th.
A tree trimming incident came close to reigniting the Korean War. Operation Paul Bunyan was the most expensive tree removal in history. A tree along the Korean DMZ had grown and was partially blocking the view from an observation tower. On August 18th a small crew and detachment was sent to trim the tree. The North Koreans showed up complaining they were not notified and unexpectedly attacked the trimming party. Two American officers were hacked to death with axes dropped by the tree-trimmers. The response. South Korea went to DEFCON 3 and on August 21, troops in a convoy along with demolition and artilery entered to cut down the tree. In a show of force, attack helicopters, F-4 Phantoms and a B-52 superfortress circled overhead, The Midway carrier fleet positioned itself offshore. Thousands of additional troops were activated. Airbases in Guam, Okinawa, and Idaho were on high alert while the tree was removed. The North Koreans showed up with about 200 troops who set up machine guns but did not respond any further. Operation Paul Bunyan can be Googled if interested in a better explanation.
I found this 307 Paul Bunyan in a small gunshop while visiting my brother in upstate NY. Pretty sure they were a Smoky Mountain issue. That I know of there is also a John Henry.. These knives are so rare I'm sure nothing close to the 1,000 listed on the box were made. These pictures are old and small but the knife is camera shy and couldn't quickly locate it this evening for new ones.
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