Korean War
‘Antiques Roadshow’-type find at Army base in Japan recalls Korean War armistice
Tucked away inside a cardboard box at the headquarters of U.S. Army Japan is a relic of the original armistice that ended the Korean War 72 years ago.
‘Never give up’: Hundreds gather for updates from defense agency on loved ones missing in action from Korean War
More than 300 families attended the annual briefing on the Korean War and Cold War. They represent a fraction of the 7,500 presumed missing from the Korean War. Most will never get the answers they seek. “We are at the mercy of geopolitics,” said Kelly McKeague, director of the DPAA.
MP checkpoint and Freedom Gate bridge en route to Munsan
A convoy of ambulances carrying sick and wounded prisoners of war cross the Freedom Gate bridge, on their way to freedom and home.
The ‘Forgotten War’ finally gets a soundtrack: ‘Battleground Korea’
Overshadowed by World War II and Vietnam, the 1950-53 Korean War is often called the “Forgotten War.” The same could be said for much of the music it inspired.
Air Force family gets long-awaited girl
A Korean orphan got her six-month-old birthday present Tuesday — five brothers and a new home.
Fair-like area greets PWs
Freedom Village, first stopping place for captured Allied personnel on their way home from Communist confinement, might well have been the spot of a county fair yesterday except for the serious business at hand.
Hero set for 15-day treatment of disease contracted as PW
An American hero of the Korean war, Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, today began a 13day treatment for amoebic dysentery in Tokyo Army Hospital, the effects of three years as a Communist prisoner of war.