During the month of may we celebrate and recognize Rich Heritage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders an their contributions to our country. Zbl and theres not a better time than now as we count down to the Olympic Games in pyongyang south korea and the excitement is building all over the world. The winter games will give more people the chance to learn about koreas history and culture o learning can start is here at the Korean Cultural Center in washington, d. C. The Korean Cultural Center in washington offers a window into the country that will soon step on to the Worlds Largest stage as pyongyang hosts the 2018 Winter Olympics. So people have started to learn about movies and dramas and film and all different types of traditional contemporary art. Adam works at the center with lee who came as an international student. Together they are bilingual and bicultural messengers for cori where and the olympics. Im so happy. He was too young to remember the last time korea hosted the oly
Korean peninsula remains a major concern of u. S. Foreignpolicy. Up next on American History tv, former director of the Harry S Truman president ial library Michael Devine gives a presentation entitled the korean war remembered. Andg photographs, posters artwork, hollywood films and personal experiences, mr. Devine examines the public and Popular Culture memory of the korean war. Woodrow Wilson Center in washington, d. C. Hosted this hourlong event. Michael thank you very charles for the kind introduction. I am pleased to be here at the woodrow Wilson Center as a fellow. It has been a great experience the last several weeks and i look forward to another bit of research and fellowship here at the center. The work i am going to talk about today is a work in progress. This will eventually be a booklength manuscript describing the korean war and how it is remembered, primarily in the United States, but north and south korea and some of the other countries that were major participants in th
Michael thank you very much, charles, for the kind introduction. I am pleased to be here at the Woodrow Wilson center as a fellow. It has been a great experience the last several weeks and i look forward to another bit of research and fellowship here at the center. The work i am going to talk about today is a work in progress. This will eventually be a booklength manuscript describing the korean war and how it is remembered primarily in the United States, but north and south korea and some of the other countries that were major participants in the korean war. I think this topic is important because it helps us understand the Current Situation in east asia. How those countries get along, what is behind some of the tensions that continue to exist. The memory of the war, the public memory has impacted american policymakers and political decisions. I think it is important to understand the memory of the war in order to understand ourselves as americans and as a society. At this point, i se
Today that all changed. The new Jersey Medical examiner after review of autopsy reports medical records, crime photos and other materials has changed John Sheridans cause of death from suicide to undetermined. It was Somerset County Prosecutors Office which first called it a suicide. Sheridans family challenged that dan the change to undetermined was announced. John sheridans son mark pressed to change ruling released a statement saying in part we feel a huge wrong has been made right at least in part. Unfortunately we still dont know who killed our parents and so ill we accept todays decision as a vindication of what weve said all along, we have a long way yet to go. The Somerset County prosecutor declined comment unclear tonight whether a criminal investigation will begin again. Im jeff cole. Chris to you. Jeff, thanks. Back to fox 29 Weather Authority now. Lets take trip up to the pocono mountains this evening much lots of people likely headed there to do some skiing as you see some
Myself. On march 29, 1973 the last combat troops were withdrawn from vietnam. When they returned to the United States these veterans like many who returned earlier were greeted with a cold and at times hostile reception. Looking back more than 50 years at the experience during the vietnam war and return home, billy two feathers who served with u. S. Army wrote my return to the states was typical of several people i talked to. Family and friends would say been a while. Others would call me names that i wont repeat. Kenneth bizby who served in vietnam wrote when i got back to my hometown no one seemed to notice that i had been away nor did they care. These accounts and others record the National Sentiment on a personal level. Their stories remind us that most returning veterans were not even acknowledged for their sacrifice and that many suffered because of it. While the nation has worked to correct this mistake over the last few decades there is more congress can do to honor our Vietnam