Article: END OF A JOURNEY KOREAN WAR VET COMES TO NORFOLK TO SEE FLAG MACARTHUR ONCE GAVE HIM.(LOCAL)

Byline: JACK DORSEY THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

NORFOLK -- Nearly 52 years ago, days before the critical Inchon landing by U.S. forces in North Korea, Choi Kyu-Bong was 27 and bored.

He had escaped death many times before as a commando, part of a six-man team of U.S. and Korean soldiers collecting intelligence on the North Korean army. But there hadn't been much to do for some time.

Choi was unaware of the upcoming assault.

Nor did he know he would become a pivotal part of the success of what Marines now call simply ``Inchon,'' which was Gen. Douglas MacArthur's counterpunch to turn the war in the allies' favor.

On Wednesday, Choi, ...

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