Korean War memorial opens in Fullerton with donations from Koreans near and far
LOS ANGELES — As a boy in South Korea, Kiho Pai saw an American soldier standing outside of a military hospital, smoking. The soldier, who had bandages wrapped around his head and looked to be in his teens, asked a question. Pai, then 9 or 10, didn’t understand English but guessed the soldier’s intentions, holding up some fingers to indicate his own age. As he grew older, Pai realized how much ...
LOS ANGELES — As a boy in South Korea, Kiho Pai saw an American soldier standing outside of a military hospital, smoking.
The soldier, who had bandages wrapped around his head and looked to be in his teens, asked a question.
Pai, then 9 or 10, didn’t understand English but guessed the soldier’s intentions, holding up some fingers to indicate his own age.
As he grew older, Pai realized how much that soldier and other Americans had sacrificed, defending South Korea against North Korean and Chinese Communist forces.
Now 78, Pai gave more than $20,000 to build a Korean War memorial, which was unveiled recently on Veterans Day in Fullerton.
Thousands of other Koreans, from Seoul to Southern California,
