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Gen. Burwell B. Bell, commander of the U.S. Forces Korea and the Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command, now has a Korean granddaughter. According to the USFK, Bell's son Burwell Baxter Bell IV, 36, and his wife have adopted an eight-month-old Korean girl through an adoption agency.
Unable to have children of their own, the younger Bell and his wife reportedly began looking to adopt a few years ago. A USFK officer said the couple has named the girl Jin-hee Bell, using her original Korean name.
Gen. Bell reportedly told acquaintances that he had not discussed the adoption of a Korean baby with his son, meaning the younger Bell and his wife made the decision on their own.
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Gen. Burwell B. Bell, commander of the U.S. Forces Korea and the Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command (left) poses for a photo with his wife, son, daughter-in-law and his newly adopted Korean granddaugther. /by the courtesy of the USFK.
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The new father is the vice president of a security firm in Tampa, Florida, where his wife teaches at a high school. She plans to take a year off from work to raise her new daughter.
The couple reportedly first contacted Wide Horizons for Children, an American adoption agency, which eventually worked with Holt, a Korean adoption agency. Jin-hee was found after a year-and-two-month-long effort.
According to USFK officers, Gen. Bell and his wife are delighted with their new granddaughter, saying, "We're very glad beyond description. It's a great blessing."
Bell was appointed commander of the USFK in September 2005 and assumed the post in February 2006 after a confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate. He plans to leave his post and retire from the military around June.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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