“Dad, it’s tough, but you did a good job”

On September 25, 2002, a trainee at the 2nd Boot Camp in Nonsan is washing the feet of his father, who has participated in a program wherein fathers of trainees go through the same training as their sons. Trainees’ fathers will go through for three days all the training programs including shooting, and thus will have an opportunity to recall their days as trainees. The Army has sent applications to 1,600 trainees’ fathers and selected 181 out of them.

Hoon-Koo Lee ufo@donga.com