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August 8, 1950
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
In the Korean War, a South Korean doctor serving with a top regiment weeps upon receiving two American ambulances and assurance of equal medical care for his wounded, stunned by the gesture that counters his ingrained sense of Asiatic inferiority to whites.
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South Korean Medic Moved To Tears Over American Kindness
By JOHN RICH
With a South Korean Regiment, (INS) - Every once in a while in this war you get a sudden insight into just how deep-rooted is the Asiatic feeling of colonial discrimination.
Tears in the eyes of a well-trained doctor, working as the Medical Officer of a South Korean regiment with the best combat record of any South Korean Unit, gave such an insight Sunday.
The Doctor was overcome with emotion because the American Division to which his regiment is attached sent him two American ambulances.
He could hardly believe it. His first question pointedly revealed all the feeling of Asiatics that others consider them inferior.
"Do you mean," he asked, "that we can use these to carry out our own wounded men?"
The Doctor had never heard of white men showing such consideration for Asiatics. To the Doctor as to other Asiatics white men were people who thought Asiatics did not need such things as ambulances and did not care much whether they lived or died.
But the Doctor was told more.
He was told the division had ordered Korean wounded treated in an American field hospital with the same care and facilities as American wounded.
That was when tears came to his eyes. His voice choked with emotion, the Doctor vowed: "We will hold this line."
Then he walked away to enter his own field hospital--a stone floored mud hut which had no running water, no beds, not even blankets.
Even war develops some good things, and this was one of them.
By JOHN RICH
With a South Korean Regiment, (INS) - Every once in a while in this war you get a sudden insight into just how deep-rooted is the Asiatic feeling of colonial discrimination.
Tears in the eyes of a well-trained doctor, working as the Medical Officer of a South Korean regiment with the best combat record of any South Korean Unit, gave such an insight Sunday.
The Doctor was overcome with emotion because the American Division to which his regiment is attached sent him two American ambulances.
He could hardly believe it. His first question pointedly revealed all the feeling of Asiatics that others consider them inferior.
"Do you mean," he asked, "that we can use these to carry out our own wounded men?"
The Doctor had never heard of white men showing such consideration for Asiatics. To the Doctor as to other Asiatics white men were people who thought Asiatics did not need such things as ambulances and did not care much whether they lived or died.
But the Doctor was told more.
He was told the division had ordered Korean wounded treated in an American field hospital with the same care and facilities as American wounded.
That was when tears came to his eyes. His voice choked with emotion, the Doctor vowed: "We will hold this line."
Then he walked away to enter his own field hospital--a stone floored mud hut which had no running water, no beds, not even blankets.
Even war develops some good things, and this was one of them.
What sub-type of article is it?
Heroic Act
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Bravery Heroism
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
American Kindness
South Korean Medic
Korean War
Colonial Discrimination
War Ambulances
What entities or persons were involved?
South Korean Doctor
Where did it happen?
With A South Korean Regiment
Story Details
Key Persons
South Korean Doctor
Location
With A South Korean Regiment
Event Date
Sunday
Story Details
A South Korean regiment's medical officer is overcome with emotion when the attached American division provides two ambulances for their use and orders equal treatment for Korean wounded in American field hospitals, revealing deep-seated feelings of colonial discrimination.