Korean War Veterans Memorial Washington

The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington commemorates the 54,246 Americans and 628,833 UN soldiers who died during the Korean War. A patrol of 19 life-size and lifelike American soldiers in capes , is enclosed by a marble wall in which 2,400 pictures are engraved of soldiers . The monument which was built in a triangle shape , opens onto a pond , called the Pool of Remembrance. The monument was unveiled on July 27, 1995 and is seen as one of the most beautiful war memorials in the country.

Text on the monument:

FREEDOM IS NOT FOR FREE

OUR NATION HONORS HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO DEFEND A COUNTRY THEY NEVER KNEW AND A PEOPLE THEY NEVER MET

AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, CANADA, COLUMBIA, DENMARK, ETHIOPIA, FRANCE, GREECE,
INDIA, ITALY, LUXEMBOURG, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH AFRICA, SWEDEN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.nl
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward (1, 2, 3, 4), Koos Winkelman (5)
• ASHABRANNER, BRENT K., Remembering Korea, Twenty-First Century Books, Brookfield, Connecticut, USA, 2001.