At the battle area in Twin Bridges M2A1s (Bradley Fighting Vehicles) and M1A1s (Abrams Main Battle Tank) dead after being hit by MILES (Multiple Integrated Lazer Engagement System) upon entering the training field at Twin Bridges in the Republic of Korea Nov. 2, 1998. The M2A1s and the M1A1s comes from the Task Force 1ST Battalion 23rd Infantry Division out of Ft. Lewis, Wash. TF 123 is conducting an assault on two Infantry companies from a Republic of Korea armored brigade in participation of Foal Eagle '98. A combined exercise involving the Republic of Korea Army and the United States Armed Forces
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD
Base: Tongduchon
Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Christina Ann Horne
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tanks in mass culture. Tanks were first developed separately and simultaneously by Great Britain and France as a means to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. Their first use in combat was by the British Army in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The name "tank" was adopted by the British during the early stages of their development, as a security measure to conceal their purpose.
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Date
02/11/1998
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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