Tag: Korean War

Tweet of the Day: Turn Towards Busan

| November 13, 2023

The First Columbian Korean War Veterans to Be Laid to Rest at UN Cemetery in Busan

| November 9, 2023

I did not realize that no Columbians had ever been buried at the UN Cemetery in Busan until now:

Four Colombians will soon become the first Korean War veterans from their country to be laid to rest at the world’s only U.N. cemetery in Busan, South Korea.

The remains of Luis Carlos García Ardila, 89; José Gustavo Pascagaza León, 81; José Sergio Romero, 81; and Jorge Sánchez Tapia, 87, will arrive on the peninsula Wednesday, according to a news release Tuesday from South Korea’s Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.

Their remains will be temporarily placed at Seoul National Cemetery until their interment Saturday at United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan.

Two British veterans of the Korean War — Bryan Laurenson, 94, and Brian Wood, 88 — will also be interred during a separate ceremony on the same day, according to the release.

Stars & Stripes

You can read more at the link.

Picture of the Day: ROK PM Honors Greek Korean War Veteran

| October 16, 2023
PM with Greek veteran in Korean War
PM with Greek veteran in Korean War
This photo provided by the Prime Minister’s Office shows South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (R) shaking hands with a Greek veteran who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War at a dinner event held in Athens on Oct. 13, 2023. (Yonhap)

You can read more about the Greek battalion during the Korean War at the below link:

Heroes of the Korean War: Lieutenant Colonel George Koumanakos

Picture of the Day: Ralph Monclar Bike Path

| October 11, 2023
Bike path named after French lieutenant general
Bike path named after French lieutenant general
Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Park Min-shik attends 
an event to officially name a bike path in Yangpyeong County, 52 kilometers east of Seoul, as the “Road of Ralph Monclar” after the nickname of Raoul Charles Magrin-Vernerey, a lieutenant general who led a French battalion in the Korean War, on Oct. 9, 2023, in this photo provided by his ministry. (Yonhap)

If you want to read more about General Monclar read my prior Heroes of the Korean War posting about him.

South Korean Government Invites Korean War and USFK Veterans to Visit

| October 10, 2023

This is a great program that the ROK continues to run for Korean War veterans that has now expanded to include post-Korean War USFK veterans:

Former soldiers who served in U.N. Command (UNC) and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) after the 1950-53 Korean War, will visit South Korea on Tuesday upon the invitation of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.

Six of them are sons of war veterans who fought for South Korea under the U.N. flag. They include Dennis Michael Bullard, 67, James Edward Truman, 66 and David Lee Nutter, 67.

Two war veterans ― Robert Eugene Jenkins, 88, and Kenlym Hinshaw Moy, 92 ― are also on the invitation list, the ministry said, noting that a total of 91 people ― 87 U.S. nationals, two Swedish nationals and two Italian nationals ― including families of the former soldiers will visit and stay in Korea until Oct. 15.

During their visit, the guests will tour Osan Air Base, Camp Humphreys, the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjeom, Seoul National Cemetery and the War Memorial of Korea.

Korea Times

You can read more at the link.