Wednesday, July 22, 2015

SOUTH KOREA TO HONOR THE SACRIFICE OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS BY READING THE 36,574 NAMES OF US SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE KOREAN WAR WHERE THE COMMUNIST NORTH INVASION OF THE SOUTH IN 1950–THE YEAR MARKS THE 62ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN ARMISTICE–THE HONORABLE NAMES TO BE READ JULY 25TH THROUGH JULY 27TH 2015

The names of 36,574 American soldiers who were killed during the 1950-53 Korean War will be read out loud from July 25 to 27 to mark the anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting.
Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation chairman William Weber said the names will be read aloud starting on July 25 and continue for three days.
One person will read 90 names out loud, while some will be pre-recorded. The names will be read from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on July 25, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on July 26 and from 8 a.m. to 11:50 p.m. on July 27, which marks the anniversary of the ceasefire.

Around 30 people will read the names, including Shin Kyoung-soo, a defense attaché at the Korean Embassy in Washington.
The U.S. branch of Hyundai donated US$20,000 to the KWVMF to assist in the ceremony. This year marks the 62nd anniversary of the armistice and the KWVMF plans to mention the number of KATUSA, United Nations and South Korean soldiers who were killed or injured in the war.
KATUSA, or Korean Augmentation Troops to the U.S. Army, refers to South Korean soldiers who serve full-time with a U.S. unit garrisoned in Korea.
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/07/20/2015072000442.html


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