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Vet reunites with Obama on DC golf course

June 2, 2015
Jason Pak, left, and President Barack Obama at TPC Potomac golf club Saturday.

Jason Pak, left, and President Barack Obama at TPC Potomac golf club Saturday.

On Saturday afternoon at TPC Potomac golf club near Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama appeared on the field manning a golf cart.

With an outstretched hand, Obama offered a hello to war veteran Jason Pak, 24, who lost both his legs in Afghanistan.

Smiling, Pak — a second-generation Korean American and West Point graduate — told Obama he’s doing well, and that he recently found a job in D.C.

On Dec. 12, 2012, Pak lost his legs and two fingers by an IED while leading a patrol on foot.

Ten days later, Obama visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where Pak was taken, to thank the soldier for his service.

Obama had been golfing with White House staff Saturday when security told him Pak was on the course playing with a few friends.

Pak, who now has two prosthetic legs, received a Purple Heart for his service. He works in Boeing’s D.C. offices but has hopes of obtaining a law or MBA degree in the future.

His father, retired Col. Pak Yeong-tae, 54, formerly headed the APCSS Executive Operations Group in Hawaii and served 30 years in the U.S. Army.