<html><div style='background-color:'><P>My book, <EM>Hollywood Asian: Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance </EM>(Temple University Press, 2006), has a detailed chapter on Korean War films and offers an in-depth analysis of <EM>Battle Hymn</EM>, Hess's biopic that Professor Hurst mentioned. I also offered a brief overview of the war itself and included a bibliography on the topic in endnotes which might be helpful. </P>
<P>Hye Seung Chung</P>
<P>Hamilton College<BR></P>
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From: <I>Cameron Hurst <gchurst@sas.upenn.edu></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>Korean Studies Discussion List <koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws></I><BR>To: <I>Korean Studies Discussion List <koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [KS] Refugee children in Korean War</I><BR>Date: <I>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:11:43 -0400</I><BR><BR>
<META content="Microsoft SafeHTML" name=Generator>Dear Paul:<BR><BR>Although there are some books on this issue, you are likely to find more information about Korean war orphans and refugee children on the internet. Starting with the major effort called Kiddy Car Airlift, there were many group and individual efforts, by service personnel, churches, and other organizations to aid in the effort to rescue Korean children orphaned or abandoned in the war. Dean Hess wrote his autobiography in 1956--<I>Battle Hymn</I> (later a film starring Rock Hudson) about this effort, and Chaplain Russell Blaisdell was honored by the Korean government perhaps six or seven years ago. (Considerable academic debate continues over the relative contributions of these two men to this effort). So from fairly early on in the war, there were many people trying to aid Korean orphans, and their stories
are out there.<BR><BR>For example, Henry Holt and his wife started adopting Korean War orphans in 1955, and Holt International has been helping orphans for 50 years now--they have a web-site. The Korean Children's War Memorial in Bellingham, Washington has a good deal of on-line information, and is dedicated to "those we could not save." I could on, but these are just a few thoughts I have as I look at your posting this morning. I think with a little digging you can find a great deal of information. When I have more time, I will try to offer some more assistance.<BR><BR>Good luck.<BR><BR>Cameron Hurst<BR><BR>Paul Yoon wrote:
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<P>Dear All,<BR><BR>Greetings. I am new to this list so forgive me if I'm going about this in the wrong way. I am a fiction writer. My work has appeared in various publications and my first book, a collection of short stories, will be published in 2009. <BR><BR>I'm wondering if anyone would be willing offer some advice: I am interested in researching orphan children/refugee children during the Korean War, in particular their geographical situation and their living conditions--the camps that were formed, US presence/influence on these children, those who were on their own in towns and villages, what life was like for these children, etc. I am having some difficulty finding literature (in English) on this and I was wondering if anyone knew of any books that specifically address this topic.<BR><BR>If not, is there perhaps a general book on the war that you would personally
recommend?<BR><BR>Thank you very much for your time and patience.<BR><BR>Take care,<BR>Paul<BR><BR><BR>____________________________<BR>Paul Yoon<BR>Kennedy School of Government<BR>79 John F. Kennedy Street<BR>Cambridge, MA 02138<BR>617.495.3919<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:paul_yoon@ksg.harvard.edu">paul_yoon@ksg.harvard.edu</A></P></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><PRE class=moz-signature>--
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