SB's+Korean+War+Interview

Since the file is too large, I'm going to save it in my USB and bring it to you, Mr. Plouffe! Since my grandfather mixed English and Korean, I decided to put subtitles within the movie except for the last part, which is a long story spoken in Korean. So the translation / subtitle for that is below. (Translation for the last question "Is there anything...") During the Korean War, General McArther and the UN troops took over Seoul. And so then for three months, no it's before then. During the war, I was hiding in the basement, and I heard that McArther landed in Incheon. And so my friend and I went to the mountains to escape. It's really dangerous. There were American planes in the air. If there were any movement in the ground, they would start shooting. We walked all day and went to Gorangpo, a riverside, where they made Korean jars. I was with my friend and his family. The next morning, when we were going to start moving again, we saw the plane spinning above us. And they started shooting machine gun at us. I couldn't think at all. I went out, and saw a storage that is filled with Korean jars and I went in. But we should have gone to forest or someplace. We were not supposed to go into a place like storage, but we were so scared. And to the hundreds of 독, the bullets were coming through. It was so scary. I came out and saw a great fire next to me. Through the interview, I learned different sides of my grandfather; it felt like I literally saw the portion of his past. He went through numerous affairs but the most tragic part was when he told me he was separated from his family and couldn’t contact any of his family members. I admire his bravery and independence for living on his own especially during the period of war. When I heard that he hid in the basement, I thought of Anne Frank’s story and how she also hid from the Nazi. The two pictures just immediately filled up my mind. I think he’d have been really frustrated having to live under the basement. As he mentioned, I think he was very fortunate to go to the U.S. after the war because life in Korea would have been tougher in 1953. Moreover, he even got great education there and gave him an opportunity to work internationally, which is a rare for the Koreans at that time. I believe this is part of the reason that he can still speak basic English so well; I was amazed at his English. From this interview, I also began to wonder what I would have done if I were in his situation and decided I’d have been tremendously scared. The interview was very intriguing because this was my first time conducting an interview with a person who had a hands-on experience about a particular event. Since he was at the situation, his answers were genuine and truly came from his heart. 1. What is your name, age and job? 2. What was your role in Korean War? 3. How did the Korean War affect your family? 4. What do you think about President Seungman Rhee? 5. How did the war change your life? 6. What was the biggest challenge that you faced? Why? 7. What change did the war bring to the society? 8. What did you think about the Americans who participated the war? 9. What do you think about how the war ended? Why? 10. What happened to you after the war? **
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