Lee Kyung Soo finally made it. Last week the tiny Korean war waif and his guardian, Chief Boatswain's Mate Vincent T. Paladino, arrived in the U.S. after being turned back once because Lee lacked a proper entry permit (TIME, Nov. 2). With a big assist from the Navy, the four-year-old Lee and Chief Paladino went back to Tokyo, got a valid visa and made the trans-Pacific flight once more. In Hawaii, before winging on to his new home, Lee was welcomed with a jar of kimchi (Korean pickled cabbage), which he ate, and a pair of cowboy six-shooters, which...
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