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I was in South Korea for six months. I also participated in traditional Korean festivities. I got interested in the culture, a new culture for me, and observed the special dates, the traditional dancing, and activities that Elders conducted. I liked the Korean language. It was different from what I had known, but I really enjoyed what they had to offer there.

In the army I got to know all kinds of people. Some were Native Americans, white guys, black guys. Some of them also took advantage of learning the Korean culture. But I also saw some things there that were negative that I had never seen before. There was some extreme segregation. There were bars specifically for black guys and specifically for white guys. There was also voluntary segregation in the army. If you went into the dining hall you would see white folks sitting over here and black folks sitting over there. They were just not mingling. It was strange to see that and it was the same way when soldiers went off the base, with white guys going here and black guys going there.