80 Years of Stars and Stripes Pacific

An elderly man in a dark blue suit and two military officers in dark blue dress uniforms hold a wreath between them as they place it on a war memorial.

Step by step, veterans advocate aims to ensure Korean War sacrifices aren’t forgotten

What began as one man’s plan to walk nearly 400 miles across South Korea grew into a monthlong remembrance that brought together veterans, students, military groups and local communities to honor those who fought in the Korean War.

Rear Adm. John V. Smith reads a list of charges to North Korean Gen. Chung Kook Pak across the conference table at the 266 meeting of the Military Armistice Commission in April, 1968, days after four U.N. Command soldiers were killed in an ambush at the DMZ.

N. Korea tries to provoke war, says U.N. Command

U.S. Rear Adm. John V. Smith, senior negotiator for the United Nations Command (UNC) denounced Communist North Korea Thursday for "war provocation of the most serious magnitude."

A North Korean soldier on guard duty during the 417th meeting of the Military Armistice Commission glares across the border in February, 1983.

The Spirit of Panmunjom is frosty

Camp Carroll: It's big, and still growing

The newest U.S. military installation in the Republic of Korea, bearing a price tag in excess of $17 million, has been under construction since 1959 and is scheduled for completion in 1967.

This woman, who was threshing rice, remembers helping to bury eight South Korean soldiers on a nearby hill. She says no one ever came to claim them.

Dedication marks search for Korean War MIAs

The paperwork inside each case file shows its age. Decades ago, a typewriter plucked out the names and ranks.

Hank Aaron tours South Korea, visits troops, ballplayers

Baseball great "Hammerin' " Hank Aaron visited South Korea last month as a sports ambassador promoting good will everywhere he went.

Pope wraps up his Korea visit; next stop, Papua New Guinea

After canonizing 103 Christian martyrs and grieving for Catholics who live in North Korea, Pope John Paul II ended his 5-day pilgrimage to South Korea.

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