A KOREAN SOLDIER IN THE GERMAN ARMY AT D-DAY

  Yang Kyoungjong was a Korean who had been drafted into the Japanese army in 1938.  He fought in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol in Siberia in 1938.  The Soviets defeated the Japanese and he was taken prisoner.  He was put in a labor camp.  In 1943, the Red Army was so desperate for reinforcements that Korean prisoners were sent to help defend Kharkov against the Germans.  Many, including Yang, were captured by the Germans.  They were put into the German army and Yang ended up in Normandy.  On June 6, 1944, Yang was defending Utah Beach when he was captured by American paratroopers.  He ended up living the rest of his life in America. 

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