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The US army specifically picks tall soldiers for the DMZ. I heard about it in the 70s.
by mkempe 11y ago
The US army specifically picks tall soldiers for the DMZ. I heard about it in the 70s.
- sliverstorm 11y agoIn the context of this discussion, it's really the NK vs. SK soldier that is interesting. The people of both N. & S. Korea are pretty close genetically, and presumably NK does not send their shrimps.
- goodcanadian 11y agoIt would not surprise me if the South sent tall soldiers as well for such visible duty. While not directly relevant, it was slightly disorienting at the Forbidden City in Beijing when a group Chinese soldiers jogged by, every one of them well over six feet tall . . . absolute giants compared to the average people I saw around.