Korean War vets efforts to defend freedom
Posted : 2021-04-08 17:07 By Richard Pennington
One of my former professors at Stephen F. Austin State University met with some local Korean War veterans recently. Knowing that I live here and care so deeply about every aspect of Korean history and culture, he invited me to speak to them in absentia.
This is what I wrote: Hello, gentlemen. I was born in December 1952, about eight months before the armistice was signed ending the Korean War. As all of you undoubtedly know, it has sometimes been called the forgotten war.
This is a vast overstatement, especially in Korea. Even with the passage of 70 years, it is remembered. I moved to Daegu in November 2007 and came north to Seoul in February 2009. Since then, I have traveled all over the southern half of the Korean peninsula.