Netherlands Amsterdam (7)
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>> My name is Feri Titolata.
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>> I went to Korea in 1953.
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>> I was injured there in June '53.
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>> I went back to Korea, and what I now think about the situation is ...
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>> Feri was amazed at the six-lane traffic, of course the modern version of what he had seen in 1953.
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>> There used to be only one bridge.
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>> And now there are 29 bridges.
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>> The hills were green.
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>> It used to be brown and bleak.
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>> Feri remembers the nicer thing about his period there.
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>> Seventy years of memories, it's hard to recall everything.
>> What do you think is important about your comrades, the Dutch?
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>> We made a contribution ...
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>> ... for the future, for the present-day. They made then the contribution for now.
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>> And I hope that everything will continue to go very well for Korea.
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>> What did you do in the war?
>> Oh, fight!
>> As a soldier?
>> I was wounded.
>> Soldier?
>> Yes.
>> Soldier.
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>> I would prefer not to talk about that period.
>> Okay.
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>> I came from Indonesia to fulfill my service, and soon after I got here, I was sent to Korea as a volunteer, and this is my uniform.
>> How old were you?
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>> Twenty-two years.
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>> Twenty-one!
>> Twenty-one.
>> Because his mother must sign. He was not 21.
>> Oh, so he was underage, and his mother had to sign to go into service.
>> And after the war, and stayed in the Army, and he retired in that uniform.
>> Oh, wow! Why did you volunteer?
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>> You saw adventure.
>> But ...
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>> But the adventure became part of your life, your career.
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>> Yeah, [FOREIGN LANGUAGE].
>> Yes, stayed in service.
>> Well, thank you for your service.
>> You're welcome.