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**greekbeast** · 02-13-2007, 04:03 PM

no offense, but i thought gook was a bad name for the koreans? and not vietnamese people? am i wrong? are all my korean friends wrong?

I do not know. I am a little young for the Korean war, I did have an uncle involved but I was just a little kid at the time.
I do know that the term was used during the Vietnam war which is more in my timeframe. Ye gods, next Memorial day look how old the Vietnam vets are, am I that old ????

02-13-2007, 04:03 PM	#38
greekbeast Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	no offense, but i thought gook was a bad name for the koreans? and not vietnamese people? am i wrong? are all my korean friends wrong? I do not know. I am a little young for the Korean war, I did have an uncle involved but I was just a little kid at the time. I do know that the term was used during the Vietnam war which is more in my timeframe. Ye gods, next Memorial day look how old the Vietnam vets are, am I that old ????
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