Honoring late U.S. colonel, 'father of war orphans'
Jeju Gov. Oh Young-hun delivers a commemorative speech during a memorial honoring the late U.S. Air Force Col. Dean Hess in front of his monument at the Jeju Aerospace Museum on South Korea's southern Jeju Island on May 11, 2023, on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of his death. Hess airlifted more than 1,000 Korean children to safety during the 1950-53 Korean War as North Korean forces invaded the South. (Yonhap)
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