> .. the last voices of the city’s rebels had been stilled on May 27, 1980, by a #KoreanArmy division dispatched from the #DMZ marking the border with #NorthKorea. They were sent with the approval of the US commander of the #USKorea Joint Command, Gen. #JohnWickham.
That decision, made at the highest levels of the US government, forever stained the relationship between the United States and the South. For the people of #Gwangju.. it was a deep betrayal that they’ve never forgotten.