Thank you WM! It looks much better.

It is very moving story we seldom hear in these days!
As one of (Korean) war victims like all of us here living in the States, such story gives a special feeling though it has been more than half century ago - I was on the 6th grade when the war broke out!-.
Indeed, I still recall my overwhelming feeling when I met TWO Korean War veterans, who became paraplegic by GSW to the spine, during the rotation to VA hospital through my residency at MCV (Med Coll Va) in Richmond, Va. It was THE first chance for me to meet Korean War Veterans who brought back so many memories of the War I vaguely remembered. So I used to go the Canteen where they had a dinner whenever I had a chance to hear their painful memories/stories- most painful story I remember was such cold weather that almost all of his team had to have an amputation for the frostbites/gangrene. Both kept continuous communication with me even after I left Richmond and moved to Washington. Indeed, this unique experience gave me the motivation to serve to Walter Reed as one of three civilian consultants soon after I joined to Norman Rich's Vascular Surgery Department of USUHS (Uniformed Services Univ of Health Sciences) as an adjunct faculty. And I never ever forget to say thanks to those Korean War Veterans whenever I meet them.
BB Lee-'63
P.S. One funny story involved to Dr. Frank Spencer of NYU who went to Korean War as an infantryman if I remember correct- Dr. Spencer was one of closest friends/colleagues of my mentor, David Hume who wrote the legendary textbook of surgery with him and Seymour Schwartz in a fresh format with new structure different from David Sabiston's Surgery Textbook-. Indeed, Dr. Spencer came to Richmond infrequently for the joint project besides the textbook they wrote together- many famous surgeons/scholars came to visit Hume to see his department, especially his world leading transplant surgery program in those days-, and Dr. Hume always asked to his chief resident or fellow to go to the Airport to pick them up so that they would have a chance to build a personal relationship with the influential(?) visitors for the future (indeed, that's the way I got the job from Charlie Hufnagel at Georgetown Univ-. Nevertheless, in the car on way to the hotel from the airport, Dr. Spencer asked me whether I know one famous joke(?) among the GIs in Korea those days; 'You are in deep Kimchi'. At the beginning I couldn't figure out clearly because he mixed up the words with so much laughing. Well, I finally learned with some embarrassment but so hilarious that I infrequently quoted this expression to my staffs. If anyone knows please share with us BEFORE I explain its meaning later.

'You are in deep Kimchi'...
My guess would be "You are in deep shit (trouble)"??
Or does "kimchi" mean "Korean woman"?

I met a few Korean veterans while I was working at the VA of Louisville, KY.
I had exactly the same feeling as you did. 

We do have a number of Korean veterans in Laguna Woods Village also.
LW Korean-American Association opens a party about once a year and entertain them with dinner.
At times, LA Korean Consulate Office send some small gifts for them.

However, nothing can pay them back for what they had suffered in Korean War.
A sad story....

Correct! It meant "you are in deep shit!'
Dr. Spencer explained to me that the most fearful accident among the infantrymen was one leg falling into 'covered' Kimchi-Dok buried underground. You can imagine how awful the feeling would be besides it is a shear nightmare to crawl out from deep Kimchi-dok! So I have been using/quoting this funny expression quite often -sounds less vulgar than deep shits- since then. Besides, it gives me a chance to explain my study/observation on Kimchi migration from Western Manchuria all the way to Anatolia led by Turkic people through entire North-Eastern Asian countries. Indeed, Kimchi is NOT a genuine Korean invention but common heritage along Turkey, Afghanistan, Kirghizstan, and Uzbekistan I by myself confirmed.   BB Lee-63