Korean War vets who fought in the Battle of Chosin, a lake also known as the Changjin, held a reunion Saturday. The war is still the 'forgotten war,' they said.
Behind the reunion’s festivities, the veterans struggled to hide a muted sense of frustration, borne of the
Before a dinner banquet, retired Marine Col. Warren Wiedhahn addressed the gathered veterans, saying that when he returned to Korea for the first time after the war in the early 1970s he saw a sign that read “We will never forget.” He had no idea what that meant. He found out later that the South Koreans were trying to say thanks to U.S. and other foreign veterans.
John Y. Lee is a 93-year-old Korean American who was a first lieutenant in the South Korean army at the time and was attached to the U.S. 1st Marine Division headquarters as an intelligence officer. He said he still sees dying Chinese soldiersWiedhahn said he remembers the body of a girl who looked to be about 3 years old during the Battle of Chosin. She was lying in the ice and snow by the side of the road, he said.“I will never forget her.
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