After some 5 or 6 North Korean agents were reported to have crossed through the Demilitarized Zone in 2nd Infantry Division area, the division's 4th Brigade commander tasked the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Strike Force with flushing the communist infiltrators out of hiding. A UH-1 Huey helicopter from the 6th Aviation Platoon, I Corps prepares to drop off an airmobile strike force from 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division in the area the North Koreans are suspected to be hiding..

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