ROWRRR!
Posted on 06/28/2018 10:30:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Hannah Kim, the daughter of South Korean immigrants, refers to all Korean War veterans as her “grandpas.”
“If they didn't fight in Korea, I wouldn't be here,” Ms. Kim, 35, of Washington, D.C., said Thursday as she visited Pittsburgh’s Korean War Memorial on the North Shore.
She was greeted by members of the Korean War Veterans Association of Pennsylvania, their families and members of Pittsburgh’s Korean American community.“It’s very personal to me as I’m sure it is to other Korean-Americans who are in this country. We all recognize that freedom is not free, and our freedom especially was fought and won by our Korean War veterans,” she said.
Her visit is part of a three-month tour of all Korean War memorials in the U.S. that began April 28 and will conclude July 27, the 65th anniversary of the armistice between North and South Korea that ended fighting. Her final stop will be the national Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Ms. Kim has so far visited 50 memorials in 36 states.
The “forgotten war” claimed nearly 37,000 American lives and left 8,000 missing. The 2,300 names of fallen Western Pennsylvanians are etched into the Korean War Memorial on the North Shore.
“Every state suffered a casualty, and I wanted to really remind people on a local level that there are veterans in your hometowns, to those that are here say ‘thank you,’ and to those that didn't make it home, just come out here and remember them,” Ms. Kim said....
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
OK. We will have a look at it.
When I was a pissant 19 year old I told my wonderful Great Uncle (dad’s uncle) that while he fought in Korea it wan’t technically a “war” since it wasn’t declared by Congress. He didn’t disagree but I could tell he was shocked and I regret it to this day. I was such a know it all when I was that age...sigh.....
aren’t we all . . .
FYI
My father fought in Korea
I’m glad there appreciative people in Pittsburg for the sacrifices American and allied soldiers made to regain and keep freedom in South Korea.
They are good people (been there) and brave ones (ROK White Horse and Black Horse Divisions in So. Vietnam, the most feared, by the communists of all allied troops in the war.
Hanna Kim, you’re a classy lady. As a person who didn’t fight in Korea and had no relatives that did, I salute you for your efforts.
I saw that just a few weeks ago - probably based on a FR recommendation. Yes - very good.
On some of the threads about the possibility of Civil War 2, and how some say that the liberals will be a push over. I’m reminded of this video, and how the video claims (and it sounds plausible) that MacArther thought it would be a cake-walk all the way to the Yalu River.
In a way it was. The ChiComs let them come in - just wouldn’t let them leave. Anyway - talk about underestimating the enemy.
Seems odd that we weren’t able to reinforce those troops. The Chinese army toward the end of that battle was pretty much half frozen and out of supplies.
Did 6 years, 2 months, in Korea, came back and married to a woman who immigrated with the 10-year wait.
MacArthur made his assessment based on US military power, which was overturned by Presidential policy. One nuke would have ended China’s involvement.
MacArthur had a knack for being surprised and unprepared.
The Korean Memorial in DC is awesome. Nice to make up for all the ignoring it gets.
My uncle was officially in Korea, but he was administrative, as he was brilliant with languages and had his hand in intel and communication as a result.
Actually she’s from DC. Just happened to be in Pittsburgh and the paper wrote about it.
Glad she shows this much gratitude...and at that age. Sure could use many more people like her, instead of all the traitors we have passing as “Americans” now.
ROWRRR!
Yep. The kind of immigrants and offspring we like
Yeah, Hannahs quite the looker too. See photos on link
Yes...
I knewabout Korea becaust the war was fought when I was a kid. A good friend had to move when her dad was deployed to Massachuttes in the Natonal Guard.
However in 2017 I read the book Coldest Winter by David Halberstam. The book describes events in detail.
Early on, because McArthur and his staff refused to accept intelligence about the Chinese, whole US Army brigades were slaughtered in North Korea. Thier bodies were left beside the road onwhich they were traapped and slaughtered. Those are the bodies that are now agreed to be returned.
As did my dad. True heroes.
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