> 1. I don't think 'gook' was part of the American parlance before Vietnam,
> though I could be mistaken. Minor nit-picking, of course, but then you
> asked for feedback.
According to Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, the term "gook" first
appeared aound 1930-35. I suppose that makes sense, seeing as how World War
II wasn't too far over the horizon at that point.