Ethiopia's Korean War Hero

Witness History: Archive 2012 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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In the early 1950s, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie sent thousands of Ethiopian troops to fight in the Korean war.They were called the Kagnew Battalions.They were part of the American-led UN force supporting the South against North Korea and their Chinese allies. We hear the story of Captain Mamo Habtewold.