Here is an interesting story of a father and son representing three generations of a Korean-Americans family who have served in the US Army in Korea that was published in the Korean media:

“My heart swells with pride just to think about the fact that I am defending my mother’s homeland with my son.” MAJ Edward K. Hooks (42), who is currently working at the USFK Public Affairs Office, came to South Korea with his son PV2 Edward G. Hooks (21) in November 2009.

MAJ Hooks’ father Edward Hooks, who was then a corporal, entered the Korean War in July of 1950 which was his first visit to Korea but came back and worked at the US Forces in Korea (USFK) once the war was settled. Three generations of the Hooks family have been serving in the USFK to secure the security and peace of the Korean Peninsula.

During the Korean War, MAJ Hooks’ father Edward Hooks was urgently evacuated to Hawaii after he was shot just above his left knee which made the bones shatter into pieces. Fortunately, Edward Hooks recovered from his injury and continued his service in Germany and the United States. He served his last two years of service in South Korea from 1964 to 1966 in 51st Signal Brigade, 8th US Army, and finally retired from the US military.

During his time in the USFK, Edward Hooks married Kim Jung-chun, who was then a beautician, and had two sons, Edward K Hooks and his little brother. Simply said, he has continued yet another fateful relationship with Korea.

Even after his military service, he remained and continued his special relationship with Korea by working at Camp Casey located at Dong Du-chun as a construction superintendant.

Edward Hooks, who was drafted in 1944 during the World War II and later fought in the Korean War, honorably ended his 22 years of military service in Korea.  [Kookbang Ilbo]

Read the rest at the link, but I do think that it is good that they have someone who can understand Korean working as a Public Affairs Officer in USFK.