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Gen. Park Chung-Hee was born to a poor family in rural Korea when Japan ruled the nation as a colony. After teaching at a rural elementary school for three years, he studied at three different military academies to become an army officer in the liberated Korea. Although he encountered a career-threatening crisis right before the outbreak of the Korean War, he returned to the service and served many key staff positions during the war and important command positions after the war with devoted professionalism. When the nation drifted rudderless in the 1960s, he led the military revolution as the last resort. Hence forth he headed the government that was steadfastly focused on rebuilding the nation. His administration laid the extensive, future-oriented foundation for the nation's industrial development and advanced defense capability. Gen. Park lived his life aligned with, to the letter, his personal motto: 'My Whole Life to Fatherland.'

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Walter Jung is a native of South Korea, and after a short military career he moved to America. He earned a Master's and PhD degree from University of Oklahoma. He directed Western Pacific Institute and taught at University of Central Oklahoma. Upon retirement, he served a Peace Corps volunteer in Mongolia. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma, with his wife, Young.

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