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>> Wow.
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>> Tell him ... Ask him, Korea War broke out after World War II, very shortly after.
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>> So ...
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>> So, he must ...
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>> He must have been tired of war, seeing war, so why did he volunteer to go to Korea?
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>> Thank you very much, yes.
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>> What is that?
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>> The Land of the Morning Calm.
>> Of the Morning Calm, okay.
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>> Samsung, IKEA.
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>> There were Italian ...
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>> Ask him if he ... Has he ever seen pictures of modern Korea?
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>> No.
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>> Tell him, when he came back ...
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>> ... because there were so few nurses and doctors ...
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>> ... remember how many there were, very few? That when he came back ...
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>> ... did they keep in touch?
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>> No.
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>> What kind of patients did he treat in Korea?
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>> Like women, children, old ...
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>> Soldiers?
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>> Ethiopia.
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>> Did he ... Does he know about other medical units from Sweden, Norway?
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>> Denmark?
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>> NORMASH, NORMASH.
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>> Denmark.
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>> Only Italian doctors in his unit.
>> No, I know. I know, but did he know about the other doctors?
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>> Did they ever meet him?
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>> Had he ever met them because ... Tell him because when I went to Sweden and Norway, they said that they went to each other's places like the Norwegian doctor went to the Swedish hospital to visit.
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>> So has he ever visited other hospitals?
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>> Just Sweden.
>> Sweden.
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>> Can you tell him to tell us maybe a story that he remembers like a touching story, a moving story about a patient ...
>> Okay. Okay.
>> from the hospital, not necessarily personal, but just from the hospital.
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>> In a gist, what did he say in a gist?
>> In a gist?
>> In a gist.
>> What is an a gist?
>> Gist, like the gist of what he said.
>> Oh.
>> Summarize briefly what he said.
>> So he basically described the hospital and the patient. He mentions the sicknesses that existed like it was lepers.
>> Leprosy.
>> Leprosy, and he also ... Yeah. He mentions leprosy.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Wasn't it in mice or something? Or ...
>> No, it's in the Bible something. It's ... Now what did he do when he came back. How was his life after he came back from Korea?
>> Should I ask him that.
>> Yes.
>> Okay.
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>> Normal, like it was before.
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>> Ask him what ... he must ... Is he proud of his contribution, his service?
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>> What did he say?
>> So yes, he is proud of fighting for Korea because ...
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>> When did he get married?
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>> How did he meet her?
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>> Oh, they knew each other when they were young.
>> Yeah. He said that she was older than he was by 6 years.
>> Oh, wow. How did they meet?
>> They met in Turin. That's all he said.
>> Ooh, la, la.
>> Ooh, la, la.
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>> Mm-hmm, so he basically has a total of seven kids, two girls and two boys in second marriage, and the one boy died in his first marriage, and I believe in the first marriage there was another boy.
>> Oh, wow.
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>> So he ...
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>> So he basically ... He returned back home poor just like ...
>> Just like he was before.
>> Just like he was before, and he's very interested in history, so rather than getting whatever, $10 million or whatever, and he also said ... Yeah. That's what he said.
>> Ask him finally if there's any pictures that he wants to show us.
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>> Any special one, special, special?
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>> Ask him when his birthday is.
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>> Oh, the 20th of August.
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>> What year?
>> Oh, 1924.
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>> And then when was it, his birthday?
>> August 20th, 1925.
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>> You? Really. No guitar, piano.
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>> You have harmonica? You have? Can you play for us?
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>> Wow. Wow.
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>> What did he say?
>> This is ... he's ... This is yours.
>> Ooh. Mine?
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>> I'm checking.
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>> I don't know if he wants you to take it or what or I don't know if he meant that.
>> I don't think so.
>> I don't think so. I wouldn't do it because saying take it could also be just to look at ..
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> So yeah, so ...
>> Okay. Let's go.
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>> Okay, concert.
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>> Very good, grazie.
>> Grazie mille.
>> Grazie, grazie.
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>> My name is Cigor Piettri, and I'm nearly 95 years old. I worked in the Swedish Red Cross Hospital in Korea from November 1952 to April 1953 as a chaplain, so ...
>> What are some things you remember?
>> Yes, I remember I was there. No, it was very interesting period because you had to participate in the war and see it from the inside. I remember when I came to Tokyo. At that time, it took 5 days to go by air from Sweden to Tokyo. I was in the plane all the time, day and night, and when we then should leave in Tokyo, we met a person from the Swedish hospital that should leave from an American airbase. We were in fact a part of the Eighth Army, the hospital, and I remember I sat on the plane, and we should start, and nearby was an American bomb plane. I saw them put in the bombs, and I said, "No." If somebody had told you 10 years ago there's a city and an American airbase and go to country in a war in the service, it just would make me mad, but anyhoo, we came over in some hours, and were transported to the hospital, and there, we were received, and it was a special Sunday. It was a first Sunday in that Lent, and they received me, and I should have the solace in the right. They had me in a special barrack that was used as a Church, this one, and a very beautiful interior, especially the old one. Where is the improvement? This is the altar in Easter, Easter solace, and I came to be received by the offices there. It was 1952 in November, 8th November.
>> Did you volunteer? Did you volunteer? Volunteer.
>> Yes, yes. I was quite volunteer.
>> Why did you volunteer? Why?
>> I was asked to do so. I had a friend who was a chaplain before me, and I had another friend who should be after me, but between that was a gap. Usually, you should stay at least 6 months, but they had a gap for 5 months or something, nearly 5 months there, and they asked me if I could go there, and in fact, it was not at all good for me because I had began a new training for to be a librarian, but I felt I had a task because otherwise, I couldn't get anybody, and I was naturally rather curious about how it should be there. The last year before I had spent in Israel in Jerusalem, and then I got the taste how it is to be in a foreign country and to live in the country and to see what is going on and in the world. Israel's founding was naturally a world problem, not so much a problem at that time but to be, and I had the chance to go into it during that time, and I thought I must see what's going on in Korea, so I said, "Okay. I will take it, be there for 5 months."
>> You must have seen a lot of injured soldiers, wounded soldiers.
>> Yeah.
>> Wounded soldiers.
>> What?
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>> Yes. The Swedish hospital in Korea was a base hospital, not at the front, yeah? So the patients came there from the special front hospitals. For example, [FOREIGN LANGUAGE] Norwegian Hospital, and when the Norwegian minister died, it change sometimes between, so I was up at the front too for some days, and when I came to the hospital, he happened to be there for some days, so we had not the directly wounded soldiers. They were wounded which had been in field hospitals and so needed further treatment but not too bad. Those who were hopelessly wounded, they just passed us, but then they went on to America or Japan or something, but the church had a service. The UN chaplain, he had to have services in the war church, and he had, in fact, to be the one who should care for the wounded people. I shouldn't, but anyhow, they didn't much to it, so I had to go. It was nearly every day in the hospital to speak with people, especially I think the not American one because there were a lot of other people from Belgium and Holland and France and Turk and Ethiopian, Colombian, and they had nobody to speak with in the hospital. It's very important that people who are alone, wounded in the hospital have somebody to speak with, so I more used to go to them than to the Americans because they should have their service, and they had any of fellows who could understand them and speak with.
>> Wow.
>> So but then, we had all of the permittance. When it was very calm in the war, we get very few wounded from the fronts, so we had the permission to take civilia, civil Koreans and help them in our hospital, and then I had to care for more and especially the children. You see, Busan was a city for about 300,000 people, but when I came there, there were nearly 1 1/2 million, and they were all refugees living in the slums. All of it was slum, and the children in the slum, you can understand. They had sometimes no father, beggars everywhere. You had to pick them up. They came to the hospital, naturally wanted to come in, but we couldn't take in anybody, but sometimes we have to take one or little one. I remember some of them were fantastic children. A boy, 11 years, and they told me one evening at night, "Okay, we have a boy for you," and then he was taken out. He had only a little short. It was cold out. His feet were frozen, and he came in and gave him a bath and gave him food and everything, and then the cold on me, he sat in a staircase in a too-big military costume, and that boy just looked at me and said, "Thank you, sir." He thought it was I who had ... And we'd keep them for some days. We had a very good children doctor. He went around to the hospitals and to the orphanages around and get through the shield and then picked those who were ill, and they could get carried to the hospital. Then it was my way to bring them back again. That was in the Busan Catholic mission, Maryknoll Sisters which I admire more than most people. They lived in ... had a wonderful place in the middle of a slum, and there could be ... You'll see if I find it. Oh, there it is, I think. No, that is the boy I spoke about when he had been brought to an orphanage. He was especially fond of me, and it was not always so very good. I remember the Rusk commission, you know Dean Rusk foreign ministry had a special commission in Korea to find out the political circumstances that we had at inner for at the hospital, and it was very wounded, very fine people, and I got it in the bottom there somewhere and made the little thing ... This boy came and hopped up in my knee.
>> Oh, no!
>> And then it was not so [INAUDIBLE] so strong.
>> Do you remember his name? Name? Name, his name.
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>> Nay.
>> Nay.
>> No. I have no idea his name. There was no time to find out who he was. That is the orphanage. The Maryknoll Sisters were very ... Swedish [INAUDIBLE] they were very interested of the Koreans and supported them very much, so we had, for example, once a week, we'd have the bingo evening, but it was a custom in the last weeks I was there that the one who won, he gave it to the children, so I had to be down with a gift for about $100 to Maryknoll Sisters to send it for the two. That's fantastic.
>> You said that was a Christmas card. Can you show us the Christmas card?
>> This card.
>> Ooh.
>> Oh, it's my ... You see I'm not used to it because I didn't come serve in the military ... come serve in Sweden, but when I got out into the hospital, I was an officer, so I had to say I say to everybody ... I got my own servant, and, boy, he came in every morning, made it clean for me, and so I am missing him. He was a student, I think, and his name was Andon Ackwy Gordon Anton. He gave Swedish names, and this is a Christmas card from him.
>> Can you show it inside? Inside.
>> Yes, yes.
>> Inside.
>> Yeah.
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>> There.
>> He drew it.
>> I don't know.
>> He drew it.
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>> He said it's painted.
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>> Well, you talked a little bit about your personal experience, but tell us ...
>> Well, my special task was for Swedish person. I had to care for their spiritual care and in firsthand service and so on and to be there for people who wanted to speak to me. I had maybe little too great expectations that all going out there were idealists to work for a big case, but in fact, there were a lot of people who tried to flee their problems at home, as if it should be easier solved there, so it was rather much of that up to. Then I had to be to the entertainment detail, so I had to make evenings for the personnel where we were speaking, and so I had ... I don't know if I have some of the programs since we have it in ... We have it every week, every week newspaper for the personnel where everybody could write, and we had the program for every week.
>> Wow. Every week? Every week?
>> Yes.
>> Wow.
>> Nearly every week. It was sometimes ... And it was, you see, we were not more than 140 people there, 50 people maybe, and they like to see what it is ...
>> What is inside? Tell me. What's inside?
>> Yes. Today ... Come on here. Serious articles, and there was ...
>> Poem? Poems?
>> This is everything which ...
>> Poem.
>> ... about what is happening in the hospital. For example, we had two American social workers there, and they got medals from the chief, and we wrote a little here. He had the medals in his pocket, and we wrote here something about that we have seen give medals to them, and we are glad he didn't get more after his pocket, and then it ... [INAUDIBLE]. It's funny how people can hand you things, and we had made big songs for the evenings we had, which I have one of them there which everybody would sing it at the evenings, and it as always full. Somebody told about something they had done. I spoke, for example, about Israel.
>> Do you remember the song? Do you know how to sing it?
>> What?
>> Can you sing the song?
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>> No. From Sweden to Korea, we [FOREIGN LANGUAGE]. Or it was the military chief. We met in Tokyo, and then it's a refrain. Oh, little one, excuse me we're in the same shape, and nothing will be better if you are angry about it. That was the song. It was just [INAUDIBLE] ... I don't know.
>> Wow. How do you remember?
>> We have no flag. Yeah, so there's no flag, but it's not our fault because somebody took it and run a feast.
>> Are you proud of Sweden for fighting in the war?
>> If you want to see [FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ...
>> Christmas tree. Christmas tree.
>> Yeah. If you want to see a tree, such one you have for Christmas, so look at your second lieutenant is rather ugly.
>> Second lieutenant.
>> Are you proud of Swedish contributions in the war?
>> What?
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>> Yes, I am. It's only little port. It's like my port. It's a very little in those, but when I see the first photos I had here about Korea, how it looked ... Hold on. [INAUDIBLE] ... how it looked when I came and see the pictures from Busan today. It's rather fantastic.
>> Have you been to Korea?
>> What?
>> Have you been to Korea?
>> No, I'm sorry. I haven't. I've been rather much around the world, most places, Paris, but I haven't come back to Korea. Nearest I have been is in China, and that's a big difference.
>> If you would go back, you would be shocked, shocked.
>> Yes, would like to go, but it's too late now. I can't go to even to my mail.
>> That's why I'm here. I came to say thank you.
>> Thank you very much!
>> Yes!
>> It's very nice.
>> Because I am a product ...
>> I'm sorry it's so ... But I'm not quite ...
>> No, no, no.
>> ... prepared for it.
>> No, no. Last ...
>> I'm a little tired of [INAUDIBLE]
>> I know. Last question. The war never ended. The Korean War never ended, right?
>> No.
>> Just armistice.
>> No. I hope it will be an end but what end?
>> Yes, and I hope that it would end and ...
>> Same people, completely different. They don't understand each other at all.
>> Yes, but still brothers and sisters, right?
>> What?
>> But still brothers and sisters, one people.
>> Yes.
>> So I hope that it will end, and the country and unify.
>> Yes. It could be that. Can see it in Vietnam. It has been ...
>> And Germany.
>> ... and rather much better than most socialistic country, yeah.
>> Okay. I know you're tired, so thank you so much. That's good.
>> Hi, everybody, from Paramaribo, Suriname. This is the Surinamese River, and I am going to take you to the Korean War memorial at this Independence Square. So it's very fitting today. I'm going to have to be careful because I don't want to fall into water, but today is Independence Day in Suriname, and that's why there's a lot of activities going on in the background. Suriname gained independence in 1975 on November 25th, and obviously today is November 25th, and they gained independence from the Netherlands. So the reason why I'm here in Suriname is because they were a former Dutch colony, and during the Korean War in 1950, the Surinamese, 115 of them ... Whoa!
>> Watch out.
>> Went to Korea, and two were killed. So you'll see over there, there is a memorial with three statues. Again, this is the Independence Square. And I was so happy because it seemed like obviously there's so many people here. It seems like a lot of people knew about this memorial. It was 2008 when the Korean government dedicated, donated money so that they could dedicate this memorial [INAUDIBLE]. This rain has [INAUDIBLE] a couple times throughout the day like a storm, so it's a little bit wet. So a Korean soldier, and this was erected [INAUDIBLE] monument in memory of Surinamese [INAUDIBLE] in 2008, June 25th. As you guys know, June 25th is the day that the Korean War started, 1950. So there's the beautiful Korean soldiers. If you look at them, they look a lot like the American soldier. If I'm correct, and I'll have to find out more, but the Dutch soldiers were attached to the 2nd Infantry of the U.S. Army, the Indianheads. That's probably why they're wearing, like, American uniforms. So I'll show you the [INAUDIBLE]. This side, so it basically says that it was dedicated to 102 Surinamese veterans, and like I said, two passed away. And on the other side ... Look, the [INAUDIBLE]. There are the names of everyone, and I am extremely excited because there are currently ... Among these, there are only three living, and so tomorrow I'll be meeting Mr. Gom and two more others, and we will be here in the morning to lay a wreath, so I am extremely grateful, and thanks to [INAUDIBLE] for filming and taking me around today ...
>> You're welcome.
>> ... and showing me this ...
>> You're welcome.
>> ... beautiful, beautiful country. I have learned so much from you, thank you, about the groups here, and I just wanted to quickly point out that the Surinamese are extremely diverse here, and I'll explain why a little later, but the flag has a star in the middle, and that star symbolizes the unity of all ethnic races, so ta-da. I'm wearing yellow to symbolize unity because I, wherever I go, pray for unity among just all of us, but at the same time, I keep praying for unity and peace between North and South Korea so that they become one Korea. So thank you, everybody. I will see you tomorrow. Bye.
-Mi nombres es Víctor Manuel Nuñez Gamez, perteneciente a la Armada Nacional. Me retiré con el grado de jefe técnico. Estuve en Corea durante el año 1954, 55, viajé en la fragata Almirante Paella en su segundo viaje que participó en la Guerra de Corea. En la experiencia que tuve allá fue de tristeza, de melancolía, de ver la pobreza que existía en ese país, de ver sus… No se veía calles, sino pura tierra, puras montañas. Y hay una anécdota muy especial que tengo que es la que me ha marcado a mí. Por orden del comando de la Tarea 95 de los Estados Unidos, nos dieron la orden de arrasar un campamento que había en tierra. Con el dolor de nosotros, de todos los tripulantes, del comandante del buque, César Reyes Escanar, tuvimos que destruirlo, habiendo niños, mujeres, hombres, ancianos habían. Pero por orden del grupo de Tarea .95 de los Estados Unidos. Estábamos en guerra, había que cumplir las órdenes, como dice el militar: el orden que no se cumple, se va la persona. Entonces teníamos que cumplir ese, ese, ese mandato. Fue doloroso para nosotros, fue doloroso. Igualmente, tengo otra anécdota: nos tocó que llevar cuatro prisioneros de guerra, transportarlos de Corea a una base… a una base de, de, de Japón, cuatro. Nos hicimos amigos de ellos. Y la tristeza nuestra al desembarcar ellos, tuvimos que desembarcar en ellos en Sasebo, los tuvimos que desembarcar para entregarlos al gobierno de Japón porque eran prisioneros de guerra. Después de esa amistad que tuvimos, nos dio dolor ver que partían y se iban en una lancha, y se los llevaron para allá. En forma resumida: volví a Corea en el año de 1900… 2015, volví en agosto, volví en Corea. Sorpresa para mí grande de ver una ciudad maravillosa, todo cambió. De esas calles de arena, de esas calles de tierra, están convertidas en avenidas. Esas, esos, esas casuchas que habían se habían convertido en edificios, pero edificios altísimos. Eso para mí, ver ese cambio, pues, me agradó tanto de ver la pujanza del coreano, especialmente Corea del sur, de ver esa valentía, de haberse levantado de la tierra para encontrar a una ciudad pavimentada, una ciudad con edificios, una ciudad moderna. Su gente, maravillosa. Me vino muy muy muy encantado de ese país nuevamente. Y la diferencia que hago entre esos dos, eso es, como decimos, algo, algo que, que no puedo narrarlo, porque la diferencia de ver la pobreza, de ver la forma en que fui por primera vez, a cuando regresé por segunda vez. Fue algo maravilloso por la segunda vez que fui. La gente muy amable con nosotros los colombianos. Estoy maravillado y doy gracias al gobierno de Corea del sur en este momento por la invitación que se me hizo y que se está llevando a cabo anualmente, anualmente está viajando un veterano a Corea, le están dando pasaje, le están dando alojamiento, le están dando todo, en agradecimientos por nuestra participación en esa guerra que nosotros, inclusive, nosotros los colombianos, no teníamos ni arte ni parte, porque no era un país, no era algo que perteneciera a Colombia, era un país extraño para nosotros, completamente extraño. Sin embargo, fuimos voluntariamente, fuimos porque quisimos, quisimos, como se dice, pelear por la democracia y la libertad de ese maravilloso país como lo es Corea del sur.
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>> He is very lost.
You went to Korea in 1950.
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>> He went there by ship.
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>> Around 15 days, travel by ship ...
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>> ... and arrive at Pusan ...
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>> ... on November [INAUDIBLE] 1950.
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>> I traveled by train.
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>> Went to a city, [INAUDIBLE] ...
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>> ... to train [INAUDIBLE].
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>> After train for 7 days ...
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>> I received an order to go to [INAUDIBLE].
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>> To protect [INAUDIBLE] and preserve peace for [INAUDIBLE] few days.
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>> And after that I got an order to move backward, and then pass the [INAUDIBLE] 38th parallel.
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>> He came to [INAUDIBLE] city [INAUDIBLE].
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>> [INAUDIBLE] has fighting on the opposite side.
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>> He try to prevent those opposite site to cross over the 38th parallel.
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>> And during the time I joined this fight, I was so honored and very proud to be able to help Korean people, and also even share food to those [INAUDIBLE].
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>> All Thai armies practiced the same thing. We shared food to Korean people who we can [INAUDIBLE].
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>> I practice my duty in Korea around 1 year ...
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>> ... and then came back to Thailand.
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>> What I am most proud ... was that I was one of Army. Soldier.
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>> I found that I am Thai person who have a heart to help our neighbor country, our good friend country when they invaded by the [INAUDIBLE].
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>> In Asia, we call Korea as our, what you call, like a good friend country.
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>> And also Korean people have a very similar connector with Thai people.
>> Have you visited Korea after the war?
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>> I went there only twice since after the war.
>> What did you think about it?
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>> My last visit and when I compare with the time I went there during the war, so totally changed.
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>> I was so much [INAUDIBLE] ...
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>> ... economy and also socially and also transportation, everything so well developed.
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>> I was so proud that I am part of the one who helped the country and they can see this country rise up and developed and [INAUDIBLE].
>> I hope that you're proud because Koreans all over the world are also very grateful.
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>> You were in Korea for 1 year. Did you see Korean civilians?
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>> When he went for the fight, he spent time around 15 days and then after that he came back to the place he live, around 7 day or something, and then he could be able to [INAUDIBLE] the civilian.
>> When they were not fighting what did they do?
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>> No worry, they did not do anything.
They just stayed at home because of just try to escape ...
>> No, what did they, he do. He, not the civilians, not the Koreans.
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>> The army.
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>> They have an activities to do with the people, and also when they have food they share with the people.
>> Did they see other veterans from other countries?
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>> They stay in different area so we not see other nations.
>> Not even Americans?
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>> Yes, some [INAUDIBLE].
>> When he went to Korea, he met other veterans.
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>> You mean when he went back to visit?
>> Yeah, revisit, revisit.
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>> No, I don't see anyone.
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>> He said that he went there because different nations or so were invited to Korea.
>> That's why. Yeah, that's why I was saying. It must have been very emotional.
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>> Yeah, they have a conversation asking like, "When you went there and when you go back?"
>> Can you tell us, last comment, anything you want about, to the world, okay, to history, what you think Thailand's contribution in the Korean War? What's important to know about Thailand's contribution to the Korean War?
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>> Number one in terms of heart, we really pour our heart to Korea. Second, we really want to help Korea to overcome the war.
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>> And we want to end this war as soon as possible.
>> I hope that the war, because it still didn't end, will end in your lifetime ...
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>> ... and that there will be peace, and one Korea.
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