Jang Tae-wan

Who is Jang Tae-wan?

Jang Tae-wan was a army general and politician of South Korea.

Jang was the commander of Capital Garrison Command during Coup d'état of December Twelfth. Hanahoe, which was prime mover group of coup d'état tried to appease Jang. However, staunch Jang rejected it. Instead, Jang cursed and sweard them strongly, "You god damn rebels! Do not move and stay there! I will drive a tank right now and blow your heads away!" and fought against rebel troops. But He lost because of subordinates' betrayal.

Jang was imprisoned and tortured while his son, a student of Korea's Top Ranked SNU, died under suspicious circumstances. Jang's father starved to death by himself.

In later years, he served as President of KOSCOM, and President of the Korean Veterans Association.

Jang Tae-Wan died in 2010 and was buried with full honors in the Generals' section of Daejon National Cemetery. Many Korean people are valuing him as a symbol of true soldier, who had stood against coup d´état.