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June 24. 2012 10:56PM
50 NH vets of Korean War to be recognized
CONCORD — Fifty New Hampshire veterans of the Korean War will be presented with the Korean Peace Medal (the Ambassador for Peace Medal) at the annual war memorial service scheduled to be held at the Marriot Courtyard in Concord on Friday.
According to Sun Woo Park of Durham, president and chairman of the executive board of the Korean-American Society of New Hampshire, this memorial service honors those Americans who fought for freedom in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. This will be the 13th time the society has honored veterans who were combatants in the Korean War against the North Koreans and Chinese forces.
Since the medals are provided by the Korean government, Kangho Park, consul general of the Republic of Korea in Boston, will make the presentations at the event, which is set to begin at 11 a.m. followed by a lunch at 2 p.m. Those who served in the Korean War and have not yet been notified are urged to contact Sun Woo at swpark@comcast.net or call 767-1356.
He emphasized that though the memorial service is usually held at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, the expected large attendance and importance and magnitude of this year’s remembrance called for the event to be held elsewhere.
Sun Woo Park said the consul general is not an immediate relative. The annual memorial calls attention to the gratitude Koreans have for U.S. soldiers who fought and returned and those who perished in the war.
“These Americans were 19- and 20-year-olds who fought for the cause of freedom of Korea and that’s why we believe in thanking them for their service,” he said.
A 30-year resident of Durham, Sun Woo got involved in the memorial service to Americans after writing an article in Korea expressing how truly grateful Koreans were to those who took part in the fight for freedom.
He has been able to keep a count of Korean War veterans in New Hampshire thanks to the efforts of Bob Desmond of Nashua, who is the senior vice commander of the Korean War Veterans of America, New Hampshire Chapter 320. There has also been help from other veterans organizations and especially the help of Tony Rabbia of Hopkinton, the former grand commander of the 40&8 society of the American Legion.
According to Sun Woo Park of Durham, president and chairman of the executive board of the Korean-American Society of New Hampshire, this memorial service honors those Americans who fought for freedom in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. This will be the 13th time the society has honored veterans who were combatants in the Korean War against the North Koreans and Chinese forces.
Since the medals are provided by the Korean government, Kangho Park, consul general of the Republic of Korea in Boston, will make the presentations at the event, which is set to begin at 11 a.m. followed by a lunch at 2 p.m. Those who served in the Korean War and have not yet been notified are urged to contact Sun Woo at swpark@comcast.net or call 767-1356.
He emphasized that though the memorial service is usually held at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, the expected large attendance and importance and magnitude of this year’s remembrance called for the event to be held elsewhere.
Sun Woo Park said the consul general is not an immediate relative. The annual memorial calls attention to the gratitude Koreans have for U.S. soldiers who fought and returned and those who perished in the war.
“These Americans were 19- and 20-year-olds who fought for the cause of freedom of Korea and that’s why we believe in thanking them for their service,” he said.
A 30-year resident of Durham, Sun Woo got involved in the memorial service to Americans after writing an article in Korea expressing how truly grateful Koreans were to those who took part in the fight for freedom.
He has been able to keep a count of Korean War veterans in New Hampshire thanks to the efforts of Bob Desmond of Nashua, who is the senior vice commander of the Korean War Veterans of America, New Hampshire Chapter 320. There has also been help from other veterans organizations and especially the help of Tony Rabbia of Hopkinton, the former grand commander of the 40&8 society of the American Legion.
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