Angie+K-+Korean+Oral+History

 INTERVIEW WITH MY GRANDMOTHER 이름으뭐세요? 이순원 Q: What is your name? A: Soon Won Lee

현제 몇살이세요? 73 **Q:What is your current age?** A: 73

언제태어나셧어요? 1938 **Q: When were you born?** A: 1938

형재 몇명되세요? 육남매고 그때는 삼남매. **Q: How many siblings do you have?** A: six, but during the Korean war it was three.

할머니부모님은언제돌아가셧어요? 어뜨케? 전쟁후 돌아가셧다. 아파서 돌아가셧다. **Q:When did your parents die? How?** A: They died after the war. They both died of sickness.

한국전쟁때어떠셧어요? 당시몇살이셧어요? 굉장히 무서웟다. 당시 열두살이엿다. 그래서인지 다기억은못하겟다. **Q: How was the Korean War? How old were you?** A: It was extremely scary. I was 12. So I don't remember all the details of the war.

어디계셧어요? 서울에살고있엇다. 아현동. **Q: Where were you when the war started?** A: I was living at Seoul, Ah-hyun-dong.

전쟁난날에아셧나요? 응. 전쟁난날 아침에 방송국에서 말햇다. 피난을 가고싶엇는데 갈수가없었다 왜냐면 피난갈세가없엇다. 우물쭈물하다가못갓다. 그래서 임민군이왓을때 공산당학교를다녓다. 그학교에서 이북의노래를강재로가리키고. 한삼개월? 9월 28일 맥아더 장군이들어왓을때쯤 해방이되면서. 아! 그리고 작은아버지하고 아버지께선 강제노동을햇다. 한강가서 모래를파야됫다. **Q: Did you know that the war started?** A: Yes, The morning of the start of the war, Korea broadcasted all over the country. I wanted to runaway down south but we couldn't. We were very unsure if we should go or not because this was the first war that we've ever experienced. Also, I was living with my grandparents. When the North Koreans came, we had to go to a North Korean School that they've built. We would sing songs about North Korea there. My parents and my uncle were slaved and were working at Hangkang River. Picking up sand.

피난은가셧나요? 어뜨케가셧나요? 중국군이왓을때 피난을 갓다 1월달에 대전으로갔다가 대구로갔다.작은아버지가 공무원이였다. 기차를타고갔다 화물기차를 탓다 뚜껑없는차. 사람들이 너무많이타서 애기들이 막 밟혀죽엇다. 대전으로가는데 3일이나걸렷다. 대전에몇달잇다가 대구로갔다. 할머니아빠가 인쇄소에서일하셔서 회사가대구로가서 갔다. 대구에서사는게 더편햇다 왜냐하면 아버지께서일을하셔서.. 서울은학교가고싶어서 다시올라갓다. 할머니혼자. 할머니서울로왓을때 집이다타서. 작은할머니집에 언처살앗다. catholic학교를갓다. 일년후에 가족들이다왓다. **Q: Did you move to any other place? How?** A: When the Chinese soldiers came down in January, we all moved to Taejun and than went to Taegu. My uncle worked for the government so he could access to the railroad system. We rode a train which was for moving supplies not for people and it was toplesss. There were too many people, some babies died because people stepped on them. It took three days to get to Taejun. After few months we went to Taegu. My father worked at this printing company, and the company moved to Taegu and that is why we moved there. It was more convenient to live at Taegu because my father had a job. I came back to Seoul after the war was over by myself because I wanted to go to school. I lived with my aunt for a year and went to a catholic school. That is why I turned Catholic. My family came back after a month.

어딜루가셧나요? 드실껀잇엇나요? 어뜨케구하셧나요? 친척집에갔다. 사람들이많앗다. 정부에서배급을줘서 (쌀, 보리쌀) 보리밥이제일싫엇다. 우리는괜찮앗는데 배급을못타먹은사람은 굶엇다. 구멍가게를햇다. 오징어다리하고 김밥하고 팔앗다 몰래몰래오징어다리를먹엇다. **Q: Where did you go? Did you have anything to eat? How did you get it?** A: I lived with my cousins. There were lots of people in Taegu and Taejun. We ate food that the government handed out to us. They mainly gave us rice. It wasn't that good. But some people had to starve because the government didn't hand out food to them. Our family also sold food that we made by ourselves. We sold Squid legs, Kim-bab, and crackers in front of the house. I used to sneak behind my mom and eaet the squid legs.

기억나는거전쟁당시? 맥아더장군이왓을때 인천으로 인민군쫓아낼려고 할머니사는곳에 폭탄이떨어젔다. 집하나 한사람이상은죽엇다. 집이다탓다. 할머니여동생은 놀래서죽엇다. 내망념. 이불하나씩뒤집어쓰고나왓다. 할아버지가 겨드랑이에 파편을맞아서 치료를받앗다. **Q: Anything memorable during the war?** A: When the Americans landed on Inchon to get rid of the North Koreans, they bombed where we lived. Ah-hyun dong. At least one person died in each family in my town. My house was all burnt and ruined. We ran out with blankets covering our body. My little sister died because of shock. Also, my dad had to have a surgery because the bombing injured his armpit.

**Reflection** My grandmother has gone through the Korean War in 1950 when she was twelve. Typical people merely remembers their childhood, but my grandmother can retell almost everything because her childhood was unforgettable. I have never heard my grandmother speak of her childhood. Through out the interview, I caught a sense of sorrow in her voice. She was our age, but instead of going to school and hanging out with her friends, she had to runaway from the soldiers all over Korea. I noticed how hard it must have been for her; losing her house, little sister, and friends. Today, there are talks that North Korea might attack South Koreans. I can not imagine myself running away like my grandmother and I do not think that I can go through the war like she did. I respect and am proud of how my grandmother went on with her life with an awful childhood.