Tag: Korean War

North Korea Says Call to Declare End of Korean War Is Premature

September 24, 2021
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SEOUL—South Korea’s call to declare a formal end to the Korean War is premature as there is no guarantee it would lead to the withdrawal of the “U.S. hostile policy” toward Pyongyang, North Korea state media KCNA reported on Friday, citing Vice Foreign Minister Ri Thae Song. South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday repeated…

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Korean War Veteran Rediscovers Priceless Collection of Wartime Photos

July 22, 2021
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For the past few months, veteran Arthur Moss has been working with his daughter to rediscover and preserve the past.  In 1951 and 1952, Moss served two tours of duty as a Navy photographer on Task Force 77 during the Korean War. Each day, he manned the deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard and captured…

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The Undeniable Importance of the Korean War and Its Lessons

June 25, 2021
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Whether Americans, or citizens the world over, wish to remember or not, the Korean War is the symbol of the 70-plus year war of attrition between two ideas: communism and democracy. June 25, 1950, moved the world from modern warfare into the existential warfare of the modern age— introducing the first hot war of the…

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Fullerton Officials Consider Approval of Korean War Memorial

June 1, 2021
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Fullerton City Council on June 1 will consider authorizing the construction of a Korean War Memorial to commemorate nearly 40,000 U.S. servicemen who lost their lives during the war. The proposed memorial would be located at Hillcrest Park adjacent to the Duck Pond, near Brea and Harbor boulevards, and would feature five granite stars on…

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Former US Marine Sends Care Packages to Troops

May 2, 2021
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Former U.S. Marine Si Tenenberg is still on a mission: to ensure American soldiers serving overseas receive vital supplies. Over the past 15 years, the 86-year-old resident of San Luis Obispo, California, has sent over 22,000 care packages to soldiers in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Korea, Turkey, Germany and elsewhere. “You name it—wherever our troops are…

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