Yoo Seung Ho revealed he couldn't hold back his tears while talking to his parents over the phone.

He wrote an entry on the 27th division recruit training center's official cafe stating, "I had a really good day starting from the morning. I got to eat the special army hamburger that I've been waiting for so long. During the day, I'm the happiest when I'm eating. After we ate happily, we brought out our blankets, sleeping bags, and pillows to dust them out. After that, we put our bed sheets in the sun to dry, and then put up the laundry we washed in front of the higher ranking official's quarters. We then received our tetanus shots."

He continued, "While I was writing my diary, they said that I could use the phone. Our battalion leader told us to call our parents, because they haven't received emails from us for a few days. I called my parents for 3 minutes but I had a lot of trouble trying to get the phone to connect to them. They finally picked up and I asked them if they got my letter, but before long, the time was already up. I didn't know 3 minutes could be so short. I wanted to cry, but I held it back and wrapped up the call. My tears spilled once I hung up. I tried to hold it back, but I couldn't. It was the happiest 3 minutes of my life."