Author Topic: 50th anniversary of the end of the Forgotten War (Read 605 times)

Inferno · « **on:** July 27, 2003, 06:22:14 PM »

It's July 27, 50 years after the armistice that ended the Korean War. Any Korean vets here?

~~to all that fought.~~

Arlo · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2003, 06:30:45 PM »

If not ... there may be a few later on down the line.

john9001 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2003, 06:46:24 PM »

i have no idea who named it the 'Forgotten War' because it was never forgotten except by the media, and the war never ended, there is a temporary cease fire that has lasted 50 years, you can thank Mr Truman for that.

GrimCO · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2003, 06:53:20 PM »

Certainly wasn't forgotten by me.

My uncle was shot in the chest and breathed his last breath on a hillside in the Hwach'on Resevoir June 12, 1951.

If anyone thinks I'll ever forget about the Korean War, they're sadly mistaken.

Dawggus · « **Reply #4 on:** July 27, 2003, 07:00:50 PM »

Matelot, our Squadmate, is a Koren War vet with the Canadian Navy, hence his handle

. He can also tell you stories about sitting around the family radio as a wee lad listening to the trials and tribulations of WW2 unfold. Guys like him that are still able to get online and hang tough with the young whipper-snappers are few and far between ... Matelot and all the Koren War vets ... we salute you!

Cya Up!

Montezuma · « **Reply #5 on:** July 27, 2003, 09:51:43 PM »

On a hillshide overlooking the Pacific at Point Ferman in Los Angeles there is a small monument that is not well known. It is the Korean Bell, a gift from the people of South Korea thanking the Americans for what they did.

BGBMAW · « **Reply #6 on:** July 28, 2003, 05:35:59 AM »

Salute..

and thank you...may no one forget the ones have sacrificed and still are...

Lizard3 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 28, 2003, 08:22:37 AM »

You should see the statue they have on a hill overlooking Pusan of the 4 sevicemen from each branch. Its very impressive. I don't think many of the Koreans that were saved by our service men have forgotten.

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 28, 2003, 09:13:52 AM »

As difficult as it is to watch the number of killed in Iraq continue to climb (163 now), it doesn't come anywhere close to the more than 33,000 Americans that died during the Korean War.

~~to those that served and the 30,000 currently there.~~

Ripsnort · « **Reply #9 on:** July 28, 2003, 09:52:14 AM »

Missed this post yesterday, belated ~~and a special Salute to my father, Staff Sergeant in the 101st Airborne.~~

midnight Target · « **Reply #10 on:** July 28, 2003, 09:53:31 AM »

NM.

need to read more often.

Gunthr · « **Reply #11 on:** July 28, 2003, 09:56:32 AM »

My step-father was a 19 year old Marine who survived the fighting in the Chosin basin. He says it was so cold there that trying to keep from freezing to death was as bad as the fighting. If I had to pick a war to fight in, it wouldn't be this one.

I recommend "Break Out" for the story of the Chosin Reservoir... pretty good read.

StSanta · « **Reply #12 on:** July 28, 2003, 09:59:24 AM »

Must be very frustrating for veterans of that war to see the young South Koreans insisting that the US is a bigger threat to them and their way of life than is North Korea.

Their parents haven't forgotten what their country was like before and during the conflict. They also know that the only thing that has stopped the North from assimilating the South is the 37000 US troops there (and the commitment to send more if needed by the US).

Their ingratitude ven cause me grief, and I'm Danish. They're young and idealistic these pacifists of course, but they're so out of touch with reality it is scary.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #13 on:** July 28, 2003, 10:14:33 AM »

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Originally posted by Gunthr

I recommend "Break Out" for the story of the Chosin Reservoir... pretty good read.

Read it, and its very good. Its one of those books that make your own problems seem very insignificant.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #14 on:** July 28, 2003, 10:15:48 AM »

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Originally posted by StSanta
Must be very frustrating for veterans of that war to see the young South Koreans insisting that the US is a bigger threat to them and their way of life than is North Korea.

The moment we pull the last troop out (or maybe before) the appreciation of the prior presence of the U.S. will be much appreciated, if they live past the first N.K. assaults.