Lee,+Sun+Jae+(Jasmine)KWP

__** Sun Jae (Jasmine) Lee's Korean War Oral History Project **__

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=Questions:= 1. What is your background? What was your background during the war? (marriage, family, job, etc.) 2. Where did you live during the Korean War? 3. How do you feel about the Korean War? 4. What is the most traumatic event you remember from the war? 5. Who did you lose during the war? 6. What was happening in your environment during the war? 7. What was happening in your country during the war? 8. What was your biggest problem during the war? Were you relatively well off, or not? 9. How did you feel about US interference in the Korean war? 10. How do you feel about North Korea's invasion in order to reunite Korea? Do you think that it can be justified? Was it the right thing to do? 11. Will this kind of war happen again in the future? 12. Is there anything else I need to know?

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=Significance (Reflection Post)= This interview with my grandfather really helped me open my eyes more. I realized that although the place you lived was a great (if not the greatest) factor that determined how much exposure you received to the war, and that age and gender were just a few amongst many other factors. My grandpa’s status in the war was especially impacted by his young age; just a year older, and he would have had to fight in the army with a higher chance of fatality.

Also, in terms of US interference, whereas I thought that Koreans more disliked their presence than were thankful, my grandpa’s words proved me wrong. My grandpa constantly highlighted the important of the South Korean-American alliance and repeatedly discussed how we would not be here today if the UN had not decided to get troops involved in South Korea and how we would have become completely dominated by the North Koreans without them. Coming from my not-so-loving-of-foreigners grandpa, it really meant a lot to hear that coming from him.

When I think of war, I usually think of soldiers as the ones that are directly affected, and not the families or civilians as the ones that are shot down and bombed. However, the very idea that my very grandpa hid behind trees watching bullets shot and bombs dropped seems unbelievable. My grandpa talked about how he got all the training to act as a defensive soldier, but in the end was sent away because of his age. This shows how much confusion there must have been back then, and how no one was too sure of what his or her role was in the war. Things were just done randomly until the law came into question.

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