Oral history interview with Eui Tak Lee, [videorecording], 2004.

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Oral history interview with Eui Tak Lee, [videorecording], 2004.

Eui Tak Lee, a Chungju, South Korea native, describes his experience serving in the 55th Military Police and the 8240th Army Unit during the Korean War.

Videorecording : 2 videocassettes (ca. 54 min.); sd., col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 16 p.

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