ROWRRR!
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.....
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.
Did 6 years, 2 months, in Korea, came back and married to a woman who immigrated with the 10-year wait.
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.
ROWRRR!
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.
“The “forgotten war” claimed nearly 37,000 American lives and left 8,000 missing”
I thought the count was closer to 54,000 American’s dead in the Korean War...
I wish the media would stop calling this “America’s forgotten war.” The forgotten war was fought eighty years earlier, in 1871. Koreans call it Shinmiyangyo. The big yellow and black flag the Navy captured was only returned to Seoul in 2007. You can look it up.