Midland Reporter-Telegram
MIDLAND, TEXAS - More than 60 years after he fought in the Korean War, Big Spring physician John Farquhar returned to South Korea in February. It was the first time he had set foot in the country since 1953. He wasn't looking for nostalgia or any "hole in the ground" where he may have fought, he said. He wanted to see how the country had progressed since the war.
"It was just fabulous," Farquhar said. "They have come from carrying things on their backs to having all sorts of modern transport. They've westernized, educated their people, computerized."
Farquhar, who was an infantry rifle platoon leader and reconnaissance officer during the war, will speak Saturday at a celebration honoring Korean War veterans and servicemen/women who were stationed in Korea, held by the Midland Korean Baptist Church.
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