Colonel Young Oak Kim recalls when he joined the 100th Infantry Battalion @gfbnec
Colonel Young Oak Kim recalls when he joined the 100th Infantry Battalion @gfbnec
Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Colonel Young Oak Kim, a Korean American veteran of WWII and famed Lieutenant of the 100th Infantry Battalion (B Company), remembers the day he was asked to lead the unit and was simultaneously given the option to not join the unit due to presumed racial tensions. Colonel Kim's reply was, "Sir, they're Americans, and I'm an American. And we're going to go fight for America."
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Colonel Young Oak Kim recalls when he joined the 100th Infantry Battalion

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