Comments on: Faces in Korea: Hank Aaron

By: Wedge

Wedge — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:50:19 +0000

GI: Excellent post! This is a great series you are doing.

By: Shattered

Shattered — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:15:59 +0000

He may have been “Hammering Hank”, but to Koreans (despite the PR photo-ops) he was just another black devil GI.

I am sure the month was a long one for Hammering Hank. God bless him.

By: eunma

eunma — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:10:16 +0000

I never knew!!

And what’s more…I spent three months on the DMZ from Sep 82 ~ Dec 82. You’d have thought the place would still have been buzzing about it if someone like Hank Aaron had just been there the month prior. But I have no recollection whatsoever of anyone ever mentioning it. Having said that, when the unit that was there at the time left to return to its base in the rear, everyone left at the same time, so very few if any of those who got to meet Hank at the DMZ were still around.

And another bit of trivia (sort of…). PFC Joseph White defected across the DMZ to North Korea in August 1982.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:36:44 +0000

Thanks for visiting. I plan on writing more articles about people who have visited Korea over the years by researching various archives.

If you liked the Hank Aaron posting you may like this one as well about Dr. Sammy Lee:

http://rokdrop.com/2008/02/20/koreans-who-mattered-dr-sammy-lee/

Once again thanks for stopping by this humble blog.

By: Heart

Heart — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:11:48 +0000

I hopped over, after I saw this on the Metropolitician’s blog. I’m glad I did. It’s my first time visiting this blog, and I’ll be coming back for more. Great story.

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