South Korean POW Discharged From Army

[Mike Davino <mdavino@yahoo.com>]

An old soldier just fades away....

Mike Davino

South Korean POW Discharged From Army    

By SANG-HUN CHOE, Associated Press Writer 

CHIRWON, South Korea - A South Korean prisoner of war
who returned home last month after being held 50 years
in North Korea (news - web sites) was formally
discharged from the army Monday as a military brass
band played on a snowy parade ground outside Seoul. 


"I am overwhelmed by emotion," said 72-year-old Jun
Yong-il, dressed in a crisp new uniform, as 350
current members of his unit, the Blue Star 6th Army
Division, stood at attention and presented arms. 


Division commander Maj. Gen. Heo Pyong-hwan gave Jun a
bouquet, a color TV set and a wristwatch, saying his
will to survive 50 years in the North and finally
escape "exemplifies the true spirit of a soldier." 

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&e=2&u=/ap/20040119/ap_on_re_as/koreas_pow

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040119/481/sel10701191033


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