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Korea 2000 Foundation with Mr. Baik and USMC escorts.
Lunchean with Korean American Friendship Society.
smiles go ear to ear as they bow and say
thank you.
Now my return to Korea was not a
revisit trip so I did not get to go to my former
battlefield areas, nor did I go to the
DMZ. I did see enough of Seoul to realize
that a revisit trip would be very exciting
for the veterans and their spouses.
Seoul is as modern as any major city in
the U.S. Many great hotels and places to
dine, at all prices and atmospheres. Meals
were top quality. Korean & American.
I found just seeing the Han River
again exciting but now it has over 20
bridges and sightseeing boat rides. Multilane
roads, modern railroads,
Underground subway systems being constructed
added to the greatness of Seoul.
For the ladies
Women, this paragraph is for you. The
exciting shopping areas are everywhere.
My wife gave me instruction to buy only
leather gloves when we learned that
leather was very reasonable in Korea
along with several other materials. Most
of our Korea 2000 group went shopping
when we had a few hours of idle time. On
the word of several members that were in
the know from previous trips to South
Korea took us to an area of small shops
and street venders. As I said my instruction
was to buy gloves. After seeing a
member buying 5 leather purses from a
booklet marked by the female members
in his family I started to ask questions.
All purses look alike to me but when I
saw the book prices in the $300 range and
seeing that the vendor was selling them
for $35-$40, I had to think about that.
Later that night, but early morning home
I called my wife. I told her what I saw and
the quantity of purses the others bought
and I mentioned the name ‘Coach.’ Well,
that was it. I thought my wife was going
to come through the phone. I told her I
Visit at the Blue House with President Kim, Dae-jung (ROK). Shown from left to right are Vincent Krepps, Col. Warren Wiedhahn, LtGen. William R. Maloney, Gen.
Raymond Davis MOH, interpreter, and President Kim.
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