Immigrants in the United States

Kon Ho Cho, receiving the Rotary Club Travel Award at Auburn U.

Kook Dong Pae, at his gradation from Penn State

Kook Dong and Chan Eai Pae, in Charleston, WV, on the day of their engagement, 1963

Joong Oh Rhee and his family in Johnson City, NY, with their first car, 1968

Kon Ho Cho, on the date of his engagement to Chan Soon Cho (together with the Paes)

Kon Ho Cho, with his colleagues at AT&T

These narrators were among approximately 25,000 immigrants who came to the United States from 1950 through 1968. They were in their early twenties, and they left their war-torn homeland and their families behind in search of better opportunities. They arrived as students and young professionals, settled here, became U.S. citizens and raised American families.

Click on a video below to hear about a narrator's experiences during this time period:

Kook Dong Pae shares an experience from his early days in the United States, in 1955. Running time 3:36.

Chan Il Chung shares his memories of his arrival in the United States and his first impressions of the country. Running time 4:03.

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