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Through the cracks of history
After more than 70 years, the work of former Daily Worker journalist Alan Winnington is being recognised as providing vital evidence about a brutal massacre in Daejeon during the Korean war, and where a Peace Park is to be built in remembrance of those who died. BEN CAGNEY reports
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IN 2021 it is high time we spoke about Alan Winnington. People in South Korea certainly have been already.
His reports during the Korean war are currently being studied by activists and archaeologists alike, in order to find out exactly what happened at a place he visited just over 70 years ago.
I will write more about this shortly. But first I want to quickly introduce the man himself.
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