During a meeting on August 14, 1945, the same day as the Japanese surrender, [Bonesteel] and I retired to an adjacent room late at night and studied intently a map of the Korean peninsula.

One can easily locate Korea on a world map or globe by following 127º east meridian north from the equator to the middle latitudes. Note where this meridian intersects with the 38º north parallel.

(Here's how a National Geographic map helped divide the peninsula after WWII. A South Korean military policeman marches a North Korean prisoner of war to a stockade in South Korea on July 21, 1950.

How 2 Colonels and a National Geographic Map Divided Korea. March 3, 2018. By ... “Bonesteel and I retired to an adjacent room late at night and studied intently a map of the Korean peninsula.

National Geographic will premiere Inside North Korea: Race to Peace on Sunday, June 10, at 10/9c, two days before the summit with North Korea’s leader ...

How 2 Colonels and a National Geographic Map Divided Korea. ... If the State Department did not clarify who would administrate which parts of Korea, then the entire peninsula would fall under the ...