Bora, this is a wonderful -- and astonishing -- story. I can't begin to imagine how your dear dad must have felt when he saw the photo in that album, especially after he had carried the image of his father in his mind's eye all those years. How precious to have a concrete image in his possession, whether the original given to him from that album or as a copy made from it. The SF Chronicle article was super informative, and I loved seeing the photos of your father. I had no idea about all the (crucial!) efforts that have been made to reunite families...My father fought in the Korean War -- a sentence that's hard for me to type, given all I've just read.. He was conscripted as an Army physician and traveled with a MASH unit (He never would watch the TV show, for obvious reasons...) Shortly before he died -- just weeks, actually, he took us through all his photo albums, almost exclusively pictures of his military buddies. I was 9 months old when he left and 18 months old when he came home....
Thanks for sharing the story of your father, Suzanne! Your dad must have been so young when he went to Korea...and what a difficult time for your mom, too. War is horrible and ripples outward...touching you and me...so glad for the connection with you, friend!
what an incredible story about your father and that photo, Bora...thank you so much for sharing it and for connecting your father to the SF Chronicle! (and I'm amazed by his tech-savviness!)
That story makes me tear up even though I've heard it before! I feel very moved by both the post and the article. And... it must have been so satisfying, as a careful archiver of family photos, to dig up those pictures of Harabuji in the DPRK for the Chronicle!!
Bora, this is a wonderful -- and astonishing -- story. I can't begin to imagine how your dear dad must have felt when he saw the photo in that album, especially after he had carried the image of his father in his mind's eye all those years. How precious to have a concrete image in his possession, whether the original given to him from that album or as a copy made from it. The SF Chronicle article was super informative, and I loved seeing the photos of your father. I had no idea about all the (crucial!) efforts that have been made to reunite families...My father fought in the Korean War -- a sentence that's hard for me to type, given all I've just read.. He was conscripted as an Army physician and traveled with a MASH unit (He never would watch the TV show, for obvious reasons...) Shortly before he died -- just weeks, actually, he took us through all his photo albums, almost exclusively pictures of his military buddies. I was 9 months old when he left and 18 months old when he came home....
Thanks for sharing the story of your father, Suzanne! Your dad must have been so young when he went to Korea...and what a difficult time for your mom, too. War is horrible and ripples outward...touching you and me...so glad for the connection with you, friend!
I got chills. I can't imagine how your dad felt seeing that photo of his dad. Thank you for sharing his story.
what an incredible story about your father and that photo, Bora...thank you so much for sharing it and for connecting your father to the SF Chronicle! (and I'm amazed by his tech-savviness!)
That story makes me tear up even though I've heard it before! I feel very moved by both the post and the article. And... it must have been so satisfying, as a careful archiver of family photos, to dig up those pictures of Harabuji in the DPRK for the Chronicle!!