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The result was delete. Star Mississippi 02:07, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

John Y. Lee (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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I do not see any credible claim to notability here. TheLongTone (talk) 11:54, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please use this search term - "John Y. Lee Battle of Chosin Reservoir."

There is a his interview video in Korean War Legacy Foundation.

And his Korean name is 이종연.

You can see credible claim to notability in South Korean Newspapers and so on. Footwiks (talk) 13:58, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• @Footwiks: How about telling us why this person is notable? Because at the moment, the first sentence of the article says that he is not. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:08, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Of course, he didn't have outstanding performance during Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Therefore, he is not the recipient of Medal of Honour, Purple Heart and so on.

  But on the retreat, he successfully completed the missions of interpreter officer and provisional commander of KATUSA platoon in 1st Marine Division.

  Therefore he received the Legion of Merit from US Government in 1951.

  In the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, he was the only ROK Army officer veteran who wholly fought alongside US Marines in the field.

  That is to say, he had unique military career, Therefore, he always be invited to the memorial events of Battle of Chosin Reservoir in South Korea.

  For example,

  • Press Announcement about Ceremony of Battle of Chosin Reservoir by South Korea Government

  Footwiks (talk) 05:30, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Military and South Korea. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 14:32, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete fails WP:GNG. Mztourist (talk) 06:44, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - he served with distinction. As did hundreds of thousands of other soldiers during the 20th century. Not sure why this wasn't A7'd, as I don't even see significance, let alone notability. Fails WP:GNG.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 20:35, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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