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Vivid Memories of Fleeing as a Civilian During the Korean War | Legacy Project

Jean Yoon Kwon was born in Seoul, Korea, during the Japanese occupation. Although she was born in Seoul, Jean Yoon spent her early childhood in Pyongyang, where her father worked as a regional manager for a bank; she recalls playing with her siblings by the banks of the Taedong river, as well as accompanying her father on night strolls to Morangbong hill. A year after liberation, Jean Yoon was with her mother and newly-born brother in their family residence when Soviet soldiers barged into their home with weapons drawn. Nobody was harmed, and the next day, the family fled by boat from the coast of Haeju to arrive at Hoehyeon-dong, Seoul, where her grandfather resided. After the Korean War began, Jean Yoon had to flee once more during the January 4th Retreat of 1951, where she crossed a frozen Mapo river with her family before walking down the highway alongside other refugees and soldiers. She recounts the hellscape along the road as B-29 bombers flew overhead, attempting to firebomb an encroaching Chinese army which was indistinguishable from families running away from the conflict. Despite the chaos of the retreat, Jean Yoon’s family miraculously survived the journey south, though she maintains that the horrors she witnessed on that highway were beyond imagination. Support us! https://koreanamericanstory.org/donate/ See more of KoreanAmericanStory.org: http://www.koreanamericanstory.org   / koreanamericanstory.org     / koreanamericanstory   KoreanAmericanStory.org is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to create and preserve the stories of the Korean American experience.