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4 unusual facts about Syngman Rhee


James Plimsoll

Plimsoll had a considerable influence on President Syngman Rhee, to whom he conveyed the views of the United Nations and the troop-contributing nations.

United States Army No. 101

In 1958 Korean Republic President Syngman Rhee donated the locomotive as a gift from the Korean people.

William H. Wilbur

South Korean president Syngman Rhee had offered him an official advisory post before the war, but he declined the position.

Yun Bong-gil

-- What could the Chinese soldiers not do? --> Syngman Rhee, however, disapproved of the incident and Kim Gu's strategy of assassinations as a means to achieve Korean independence, arguing that it justified Japanese suppression.


Union Presbyterian Seminary

Notable faculty include former Moderator of the PC (USA) Syngman Rhee, theologian Katie Geneva Cannon, and current president of Union Presbyterian Seminary, Brian Blount.


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