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Col. Donald E. Degidio, Jr., Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District, was conferred with a Korean name May 10 during a ceremony at the Korea Ministry of National Defense. Suh Jin-Sup, Chairman of the ROK-U.S. Alliance Friendship Association, conferred Degidio with the name Jeon Taek-hee. The family name Jeon rhymes with Degidio’s shortened first name, Don. Taek-Hee translates as “Shining House.”

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