Army General Kim Awarded US Medal
By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter
Lt. Gen. Kim Jin-hoon, former commanding general of South Korean Army's special forces, was conferred the Legion of Merit, a top U.S. military decoration, by U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. B. B. Bell Saturday, according to the Army.
Kim currently serves as vice chief of the Army's policy development bureau at the Army headquarters in South Chungcheong Province.
The U.S. military honored Kim's contributions to enhancing the alliance between South Korea and the United States when he served as the special forces commander between November 2005 and October 2007, the service said .
The Legion of Merit is the sixth in the order of U.S. military decorations. It is issued both to U.S. military personnel and to foreign military and political personnel considered having performed outstanding services.