Tanks and Trucks and Other Army Things

Last Monday was a holiday here in South Korea. It was the anniversary of the foundation of the Korean nation.

While I was riding in a bus on the east coast, we suddenly passed a whole bunch of armored vehicles and trucks with soldiers . . . it turned out that there was a commemoration of a battle with North Korea (and of the North Korean invasion, since that was one of the places where it happened).

Please excuse the quality of the photographs, as they were taken out of the bus window, but they will give you an idea of what we saw as we were travelling. The sight of all of this was a surprise to everyone on the bus (mostly Koreans), and the mood was very supportive.