Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Discoveries in 2008 in Daejon, South Korea (among other sites) of trenches containing executed children, leftist civilians and communist sympathizers have opened a chapter of South Korean history unknown to most South Korean civilians. South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission documented testimonies of those still alive and who took part in the executions, including former Daejon prison guard Lee Joon-young. Reports were also released in various articles that General Douglas MacArthur called the executions "An internal South Korean matter" at that time.
Besides photographs of the execution trench sites, the National Archives in Washington D.C. released declassified photographs of U.S. soldiers at execution sites including Daejon, confirming American military knowledge.
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