The first Korean four-star general Baek Sun-yeop. Some call him'the pro-Japanese' and some call him'the June 25 War Hero'.

General Baek, who is considered to have taken the opposite path during the Korean War and the Korean War during the Korean War, died at the age of 100 on the 10th.

Born in Gangseo, Pyeongannam-do on November 23, 1920, General Baek graduated from Pyongyang Normal School in 1939 and graduated from the Central Army Training Center of Manchuria, a country established by Japan in Dongbei, China.

In April 1943, he joined the Manchurian Army as a lieutenant, and worked at the notorious Gando Special Forces as a subjugation of the Korean Independent Army.

According to the pro-Japanese celebrity dictionary published by the National Institute for National Affairs, a civic group that investigates and researches pro-Japanese and anti-ethnic behavior, General Baek participated in the attack on Palogun in China as a member of the Gando Special Forces Kibak-ryeon (machine gun, mortar company) in December 1943. .

During the Japanese ruin, his status was Lieutenant Manchuria.

Gando Special Forces carried out 108 earth and earth operations against the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army and Palo County until the Japanese collapse, and 172 civilians and anti-Japanese armed forces were killed.

General Baek claimed that he had worked at the Gando Special Forces during his lifetime, but never had direct combat with the independent forces.

However, in a book titled "General Guerrilla War-Why Did the United States Lose" published by General Baek in Japan in 1983, there is a technique to admit that the Gando Special Forces activity was an anti-ethnic act.

In a book, General Baek wrote, "Because the Koreans subdued the Koreans who were fighting for independence, they were completely obsessed with the Japanese maneuvering of Lee Jie."

Records such as the killing of innocent Koreans and the robbing of food by the Gando Special Forces in July, 1944, and November 1944, when Baek was serving, are also recorded in the'Chinese People's Footsteps'.

Under the President, the Committee on the Identification of Pro-Ethnic People's Actions included General Baek when he announced the list of pro-ethnic peoples in 2009.

The truth of whether General Baek directly subjugated the Independence Army was not clearly revealed in the end, but the two-year career of Gando Special Corps left an indelible stigma for General Baek.

After the liberation, General Baek was appointed as a lieutenant of the army, and after establishing the Korean government, he served as the chief of intelligence at the headquarters of the Army.

In April 1950, General Baek, who was the head of the 1st Division, the foremost unit, immediately moved from Seoul to the division headquarters and commanded the unit when the war broke out on June 25 of that year.

When General Baek arrived at the headquarters, Kaesong was already captured, and Satan was said to be in collapse.

In August of that year, General Baek, who retreated to the front of the Nakdong River to the south of the North Korean army, prevented North Korean troops from entering Daegu through the Battle of Dabu-dong, one of the most intense battles of the Korean War.

The 1st Division, commanded by General Baek, fought in a desperate battle with North Korean troops targeting the Korean army, avoiding US troops in Dabu-dong, Chilgok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do.

In a memoir, General Baek recalled, "I'll fight ahead. If I retreat, shoot me first."

The ROK and US troops, who defeated the North Korean army's salary in the Battle of Dabu-dong, built a defense line on the Nakdong River, and launched a counterattack with the Incheon Landing Operation on September 15 of that year.

The 1st Division recaptured Pyongyang in October 1950 with the US 1st Panzer Division.

In the Korean War, General Baek became a war hero among American soldiers.

During the war, General Baek, who served as the 1st Division Commander, 1st Army Commander, and Army Chief of Staff, was promoted to the first commander of the ROK Armed Forces in January 1953.

At the conclusion of the Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953, he attended as the delegation of Korea and shared the beginning and end of the Korean War.

After the war, he served as the commander of the 1st Field Army in charge of the armistice, and in 1957 again served as the chief of staff of the Army, striving to modernize the Armed Forces.

General Baek, who was reorganized as a captain in 1960, served as the Chinese ambassador, the French, Dutch, and Belgian ambassadors, the Canadian ambassador, and the Minister of Transport.

(yunhap news)