A True story about the south korea special forces
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJtMD9FIqeU
Air Force Unit 684
On January 21th, 1968. North Korean Army 124th unit sent 31 armed spies to the South to kill the then S. Korean
president(military dictator) Park Jung Hee. but they were failed, 30 was killed and 1 was captured.
on April, 1968, President Park ordered to form special unit to kill N. Korean dictator Kim Il Sung. Chief of Centeral Intelligence Agency(KCIA) founded that unit under Air Force in Island Silmi near Inchon city. the name was unit 684 cause it was founded in '68 and April(4). It was for revenge and exact 31 members were there.
7 members were dead during training. 1 was drowned, 1 was killed from raping other members by platoon leader, 2 was killed from escaping the unit by platoon learder, 3 was killed from raping civilian woman by platoon learder.
the problem was they'd never sent to the N. Korea to kill KJI cause there was peace mood between South and North. in 3 years and 4 month after foundation of that unit, 23 trainees killed platoon leaders, instructors and headed to capital city Seoul, to the Blue House to meet President Park to demand sending them to the North on a bus armed with rifles and hand grenades
17 was killed by Army unit soldiers on a that bus, 2 DOA, 4 was executed after Court Martial.
the then best irregular warfare unit soldiers was dead for nothing. If they were sent to the North, King Jung Il were deadman walking.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silmido_%28movie%29
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=128883&page=4
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How credible is this?
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R.I.P
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Read these 2 articles and u will know how credible is this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_684
http://web.archive.org/web/20060513162442/http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200402/kt2004020617442611960.htm
By Ryu Jin
Staff ReporterWith hundreds of thousands of South Koreans enthused by the recently released domestic film ``Silmido,���� military authorities on Friday confirmed for the first time the existence of ``Unit 684,���� a secret unit of agents who were trained for the assassination of then-North Korean leader Kim Il-sung in late 1960s.
The Defense Ministry said the unit in question is a detachment of the ROK Air Force��s Squadron 2325, which recruited 31 civilians for special missions on April 1, 1968.
``Seven of them died in training, 20 were killed in a rebellion and the four survivors were put to death after military trial,���� ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Nam Dae-youn said in a press briefing.
Nam added the ministry found five out of the seven men from a village of Okchon, North Chungchong Province, who altogether went missing around the time, had identical names with five of the 31 unit members. ``We cannot confirm if the five are the same people that were members of the unit, because most of records were destroyed. We will have to check further,���� he said.
Keen public attention was drawn to Unit 684 and the Silmido incident as a movie, portraying the fate of 31 unit members in rebellion, was released late last year.
The unit was launched in retaliation against a North Korean attempt to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung-hee in 1968. On Jan. 21, 1968, 31 North Korean agents sneaked into Seoul on a mission to assassinate then-president Park Chung-hee. They almost reached Chong Wa Dae, but most of them were killed in the mountains surrounding the presidential residence.
The number of the unit, 684, stands for the April, 1968 when the unit was founded. The members were trained harshly on a remote, deserted island in the West Sea called Silmido.
The identities of those 31 figures and how they joined the unit are not known, though the movie described them as condemned criminals.
The unit was ready by 1969 for its infiltration mission into Pyongyang, but by that time relations between the two rival Koreas had thawed somewhat, and Seoul reconsidered its assassination plans. The unit members were left isolated on the island, unable to leave, for about three years in conditions described in the film as inhumane.
In August of 1971, unit members rose to kill their overseers and made their way to Chong Wa Dae in rebellion. Most of them, however, committed suicide with their grenades when confronted with troops in Seoul.
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Air Force Unit 684
photos from http://dcinside.com &
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=128883&page=4
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secret service like this shouldn't had taken group photos. Only brings in trouble and evidence.
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Tragic end to this unit.
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Theres a hit korean movie based on it called 'Silmido' , brutal traning is depicted in the move. Watch it for free at crunchyroll.com
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Saw the movie...its great...but tragic end to a proud unit...
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why special ops force treated so inhumanely...
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damn sad sial. i watched the movie regarding this unit. damn sad...how they tried so hard to forge a new identity to turn over a new leaf...and in the end, it all went to waste thanks to politics. the invisible hand of politics. alot of collateral damage done...sighs.