56 Years Later, U.S. Still Greatful to Korean Man: In August, 1945, Kim Duk Hyung was tortured and imprisoned by the Japanese for burying the members of an American flight crew who died when their bomber struck Mangwoon Mountain on Namhae island, off Korea’s southern coast. When American forces arrived on Namhae, Kim gave them the dead crew’s dog tags and helped them recover the bodies. He also resolved to build a monument to them. He kept his promise, and on Thursday, U.S. and Korean officials again will converge at the foot of Mangwoon to honor Kim, now in his 80s, and the aircrew he’s spent his lifetime memorializing.