At America’s Largest Overseas Military Base, Tension Ratchets Up With the Outbreak of War in the Middle East

Camp Humphreys in Free Korea is ‘Ready To Fight Tonight.’

AP/Lee Jin-man
U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Humphreys, Pyeongtaek, South Korea, May 4, 2023. AP/Lee Jin-man

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – North Korean threats to inflict a “first strike” on American forces in South Korea places this sprawling base 60 miles below the North-South line in the crosshairs of the North’s atomic bombs and missiles a week after Hamas’ onslaught against Israel.

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