Joining us on American History tv is jong wu hon who is the founder and president of the korean war veterans digital memorial. Thanks for being here. Thank you for inviting me. This is great opportunity. Thank you. What is the korean war veterans digital memorial . As it says, its a digital memorial. Its a combination of database that is composed of interviews and historical artifacts from the korean war veterans who fought from 1950 to 53 in the korean war. And so i do the interview of the korean war veterans about their memories and their sacrifices and also i collect the artifacts like photographs that they actually took during the war and the letters that they wrote back to their families and other artifacts like promotion posters, maps and private and public documents that related to their service. So its a database of interviews and historical artifacts. Take us back to the beginning. What inspired you, and how did you make the initial moves . What did you do first . I do actuall
This month on sundays at 10 00 a. M. , American History tv will air a selection of these interviews with former prisoners of war. Now we hear from Clifford Petrey who was wounded and captured by the chinese in december 1950. He remained a prisoner of one until august 1953. Bill joining us on American History tv is jongwoo han, who is the founder and president of the korean war veterans digital memorial. Thank you for being here. Professor han thank you for inviting me. This is a great opportunity. Thank you. Bill what is the war veterans digital memorial . Professor han it is a digital memorial. It is a combination database that is composed of interviews and historical artifacts from the korean war veterans who fought from 1950 to 1953 in the korean war. So i do an interview of the korean war veterans about their memories and their sacrifices and also i collect artifacts like photographs they actually took during the war and the letters they wrote to their families and other artifacts
If memory serves me correctly, my mom kept the three or four letters that she got from me and i read those many times after i came home. Yes, she got them. I got three or four letters from home. My sister wrote to me every three or four days. We didnt get all the mail that was sent to us. I know that for sure because my family members a lot of them wrote letters to me but i didnt get that many. I got a few. You still keep the letter . When did your family and parents know that you are in the camp . As you may know we were carried as mia for a long time. They had no confirmation of my status until about august or september of 51. There was an exchange of information between the chinese and our government. They did have large number of pows. I dont know when this information was passed or when either side honored what the other side said. As far as the status of the troops, i dont know. I believe that my mom and dad got word that we were no longer mia that we were pow. Pow. They didnt kn
Carved ivory calling card case that has a card enclosed with dollys signature as well as that of her niece, anna. Some small cut glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot and the two dresses are the reproductions of a silk, peach silk, gown that she wore earliest in life and a red velvet gown. There is now a legend that accompanies this dress. Watch all of our events from greensboro. With live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan and the senate on cspan 2, here on cspan 3 we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant hearings and public events. Then on the weekend we have programs that tell our nations story. Visiting battlefields and key events, american artifacts and touring museums and sites. Historic bookshelf with the best known American History writers. The presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nations commanderinchief. And our new series real america. Featuring films from
Meat processing facility. In San Francisco a gas leak at fourth and folsom near the moscone center. Chopper 5 is overhead as you see. A huge trench where crews are working there several streets have been blocked off and as you might imagine, it has snarled traffic in that area of San Francisco. Pg e says a chunk of concrete hit a pipe yesterday and that was supposed to be fixed. Its looking to see if the same thing happened today. New at 5 00 a guilty verdict in the case of a career criminal who murdered his former girlfriend as the relationship was ending. Randy alana was also found guilty of robbing sandra coke who worked as an investigator for the federal public defenders office. Coke disappeared from oakland back in august of 2013. Her body was found in vacaville a few days later. He showed no emotion as the verdict was read. Alana and coke had an on and off 20 year relationship. Prosecutors say it went sour when coke tried to end things and she accused him of kidnapping her dog. T