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From 1950 to 1953, the United States joined with United Nations forces
in Korea to take a stand against what was deemed a threat to democratic
nations worldwide. At war's end, a million and a half American veterans
returned to a peacetime world of families, homes, and jobs - and to a country
long reluctant to view the Korean War as something to memorialize. But to
the men and women who served, the Korean War could never be a forgotten
war.
The passing of more than four decades has brought a new perspective to the
war and its aftermath. The time has come, in the eyes of the Nation, to
set aside a place of remembrance for the people who served in this hard-fought
war half a world away. The Korean War Veterans Memorial honors those Americans
who answered the call, those who worked and fought under the trying of circumstances,
and those who gave their lives for the cause of freedom.
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