up next, an oral history with u.s. army veteran baldwin myers, recorded in 2015 by the korean war legacy foundation. he talked about his time in korea and how the experience shaped his life after the war. he was eventually diagnosed with ptsd. the interview project was underwritten by south korea s ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. baldwin: i am baldwin frank myers. my first name is spelled b as in boy, a-l-d-w-i-n. in the army i was known by my buddies as baldy. [laughter] but when when i reported back to them years later, 30 years later, that this is frank myers and i wanted to talk to them, they didn t know who i was because they only knew me as baldy. but we when we got that cleared up, then everything else flowed. interviewer: and could you spell your last name? baldwin: m-y-e-r-s. interviewer: what is your birthday? baldwin: may 29, 1931. interviewer: where were you born? baldwin: in owyhee county, idaho. that is spelled that is the indian name o-w-y-h-e-e
interviewer: you are not baldy. baldwin: no. but when when i reported back to them years later, 30 years later, that this is frank myers and i wanted to talk to them, they didn t know who i was because they only knew me as baldy. but we when we got that cleared up, then everything else flowed. interviewer: and could you spell your last name? baldwin: m-y-e-r-s. interviewer: what is your birthday? baldwin: may 29, 1931. interviewer: where were you born? baldwin: in owyhee county, idaho. that is spelled that is the indian name o-w-y-h-e-e county, idaho. that s near jordan valley on the oregon-idaho line. interviewer: owyhee. baldwin: owyhee. yes. interviewer: that is the indian name. baldwin: that is indian. i don t know what it means. [laughter] probably beautiful country. interviewer: tell me about your family when you were growing up. baldwin: well, i grew up on a cattle ranch about five miles south of jordan valley, and my mother was born in east europe. she was austria
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