Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 07.14.2023
In late July 1948, the 971st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment assisted the new South Korean government in standing up two counterintelligence organizations, one military and one civilian. Modeled on the American CIC organization, they would assume all CI functions in the country by the end of the year. Only one would survive the ensuing months....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 09.06.2022
On September 9, 1945, the first agents from the 224th Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) Detachment arrived in Inchon to support the liberation of Korea from Japan. Between 1945-1948, the CIC worked across South Korea supporting the American occupation of Korea....