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Ethiopia's Korean War Hero
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:08:57
Publish Date: 2012-09-18 03:00:00
Description: In the early 1950s, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie sent thousands of Ethiopian troops to fight in the Korean war. They were called the Kagnew Battalions. They were part of the American-led UN force supporting the South against North Korea and their Chinese allies. We hear the story of Captain Mamo Habtewold.
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