An excerpt from President Clinton’s speech for the 50th Anniversary of the Korean War.

Celebration at the Korean War Memorial, Washington, D.C., June 25, 2000.

“…Fifty years ago today, the world got its answer in Korea, in a place known as the Uijongbu Corridor.  In the early morning hours of June the 25^th, 1950, 90,000 North Korean troops broke across the border and invaded South Korea.  The only American there that day was a 31-year-old Army Captain and Omaha Beach veteran named Joseph Darrigo.  He was awakened by what he thought was thunder.  But when the shell fragments hit his house, he ran half-dressed to his Jeep and drove.  Within half mile of the local train station, he couldn’t believe what he was seeing – a full regiment of North Korean soldiers getting off the train.  Now, he later recalled, over 5,000 soldiers came against one person, me.  Captain Darrigo escaped that day.   He went on to serve another year in Korea before an illness brought him home.  Time has slowed him down some, but not much.  And we are honored that he could be with us here today.  I’d like to recognize Captain Joseph R. Darrigo. Please, sir, stand.” – President Clinton

Click on the link to view a video of the celebration.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?157895-1/50th-anniversary-korean-war-ceremony

I wish that I wasn’t so friggin’ clueless back then.