A family consisting of a father, mother and five children group together to pose on a grass lawn, with trees in the background.

For some military families, adoption forges bonds that span borders and generations

American military families adopt at a lower rate than the overall U.S. population, but those that do find military life — particularly overseas — can shape family experiences in distinctive ways.

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.

Memorial Day in South Korea

The mourners, dressed in crisp white traditional costume, wore medals of their fallen sons, husbands and relatives as they burned incense and prayed at the graves of their lost ones.