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The 80s, who were mobilized to support the UN forces during the Korean War, have been fighting with the country for 7 years to be recognized as veterans of the war.

There are many cases like this old man who are not recognized because of the lack of official records, but it is pointed out that there is no proper remedy.



Reporter Ahn Hee-jae on the sidewalk.



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87-year-old Dong-seong Jang was caught walking with his father in 1951, during the 6/25 war, by a conscripted officer.



[Jang Dong-seong: My father makes sure to send me home, and I will go there instead.

Army trucks come and ride them all like this.]



A teenage boy was in charge of refueling tanks and doing chores in the US military base for over a year.



[Jang Dong-seong: Cheorwon, Geumhwa, Pocheon, Yangju…

I lived in a tent.

The corpses of the Chinese soldiers were lined up here...

.]



After the fire stopped, after 30 years of public service, I applied for a war veteran in 2015, but was rejected one after another.



It was because there were no records of participation in the war.



It was impossible to set up a military tent alone, and he even filmed a video in response to the Defense Ministry's answer, but to no avail.



In the course of a legal battle with the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, with the help of the consulate, the U.S. military operational reports and materials that matched Jang's memory were newly checked, but the plaintiff lost the conclusion.



[Park Ha-young / Plaintiff's agent at the time: You were referring to something in confidential material.

However, the Ministry of Defense did not confirm it.

I can check enough.

(The court) said, 'I can't do anything because of the legal text'...

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At the end of the lawsuit, 'non-military' has been recognized as a veteran of war in only two cases in the past five years, and the recognition rate is far lower than that of military and police officers.



This is the reason why some are pointed out that it is necessary to actively seek relief for non-military meritorious people, such as providing legal advice to verify the Ministry of National Defense's judgment.



[Jang Dong-seong: I didn't apply for money.

He is a person who has fulfilled his duty, and I definitely want to see the end.

Where is this world?]