Korean War veteran from Australia recalls his duty on war-stricken Han River

At just 18, Reginald Wollmer left Australia to serve in the Korean War in 1951. Now 93, the veteran looks back on his experiences defending a country he barely knew at the time. Wollmer recalled poorly charted waterways and unpredictable tides along the Han River during the 1950-53 Korean War as the Australian warship was exposed to the threat of enemy fire. "We didn't know what the water depths were. We didn't know what the tides were," Wollmer said in an interview with The Korea Herald Thursda

Source: The Korea Herald