Koreas
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.
U.S. military bases in Korea begin cleanup after massive rainstorm
As the death toll continued to rise from this week’s massive rainstorm in South Korea, the U.S. military on Friday was trying to get a handle on just how extensive the storm’s impact had been on its three bases in Dongducheon.
Volunteers building a home for 77 orphans
The sound of hammers and saws and the smell of paint and plaster fill the air as men of the 6146th Air Force Advisory Group work to build a permanent home, for 77 children of the Sungnam Orphanage.
Isolated GIs guard Korea
From cold, remote mountain tops reaching 4,000 feet above the Demilitarized Zone to the sharp, jagged hills below Kunsan, a U.S. Army brigade is standing guard over Korea.
U.S. soldier at DMZ honored 18 years after gunfight
Master Sgt. Jeff Holbrook stood at attention Thursday in the Joint Security Area of the Demilitarized Zone between the Koreas, an area he describes as a disarmingly beautiful place that can quickly turn ugly with violence.
Heroic Army veteran revisits ROK battlefield
Forty-seven years after leading his company on one of the only fixed-bayonet charges in modern U.S, warfare, retired Army Col. Lewis Millett returned to Korea this week to revisit old battlefields and remember his fallen comrades.
Thousands gathered at Republic of Korea Armed Forces Cemetery
Thousands gathered at the Republic of Korea Armed Forces Cemetery on the banks of the Han river to honor their war dead June 6, 1958.