Here is a good man to name a school after, Young-oak Kim:
A middle school named for a Korean-American war hero will be set up in California this year. The Los Angeles Unified School District announced on Tuesday that Young Oak Kim Academy will open in the Koreatown area of the city in September. The late Colonel Kim Young-oak was a highly decorated member of the U.S. Army’s 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team who served in World War II and the Korean War.
Born in Los Angeles, Colonel Kim was a second-generation Korean-American widely remembered for his wartime heroics. He was awarded medals from France, Italy, Korea and the U.S. for courageous and exemplary achievements. Following his discharge from the Army, Kim devoted the rest of his life to charity work, helping war orphans and young people. Dying at the age of 86 in 2006, he is one of the most admired figures in the history of Korean immigration to the U.S.
Young Oak Kim Academy is L.A.’s first middle school and third school overall named for a Korean, after Charles H. Kim Elementary and Mariposa-Nabi Primary Center. Its establishment is due in great part to the efforts of the Friends of Colonel Young Oak Kim, an organization founded in 2006 by a group seeking to commemorate the colonel’s exemplary spirit. After organizing campaigns and sending numerous petitions to the local community and politicians, the organization’s efforts have finally borne fruit. [Chosun Ilbo via reader tip]
If you haven’t heard of Young-oak Kim before then I highly recommend you read my prior positng: Heroes of the Korean War: Colonel Young-oak Kim.









4:31 pm on July 22nd, 2009 1
GI,
Thanks for posting this.
4:36 pm on September 5th, 2009 2
1:33 am on September 11th, 2009 3
You got to admint, many Koreans would kill for the chance to order Japanese to their deaths. Only in America.
The “hush hush” word is that his “blue on blue” wounds may have been a case of attempted fratricide. In the Korean and Vietnam wars, the “grunts” had a way of dealing with “ineffective” leadership.
I can’t confirm this, but my gut feeling is that its true.
5:03 pm on December 10th, 2009 4
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