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Picture of the Day: Taskforce Smith’s 4th of July In Korea

» by GI Korea July 4th, 2009 at 1:13 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="attachment_14636" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Soldiers of Taskforce Smith arrive at the Taejon Train Station."][/caption] This 4th of July remember the soldiers of Taskforce Smith who spent their holiday arriving at the ...more »

“What Were We Fighting About?”, North Korean & American Pilots Meet

» by GI Korea July 2nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm » Comments (1)

Here is a great post-Korean War story via Spelunker over at the ROK Drop Forums: With smoke, machine gun fire and debris all around him, North Korean military pilot No Kum-Sok ...more »

Exploring Gobau’s Illustrations from the Korean War

» by GI Korea June 29th, 2009 at 8:35 pm » Comments (1)

Noted Korean War writer and journalist Andrew Salmon has recently published an article in the Joong Ang Ilbo about someone that many people who study the Korean War may not ...more »

Court Rules that Korean War Abductees Not Owed Compensation

» by GI Korea June 26th, 2009 at 11:42 am » Comments (0)

Family members of South Korean citizens abducted by North Korea a given government compensation, but the Korean Constitutional Court has ruled that those abducted during the Korean War are not ...more »

Ceremony Held for Return of the Remains of A Korean War Soldier

» by GI Korea June 26th, 2009 at 1:13 am » Comments (0)

For those that don’t know the Korean government does do a very good job in regards to the recovery of Korean War remains and should be commended for doing so ...more »

Picture of the Day: Remebering the 59th Anniversary of the Korean War

» by GI Korea June 25th, 2009 at 12:50 pm » Comments (1)

Does anyone have any ideas on how to celebrate next year's 60th anniversary of the Korean War? more »

Faces In Korea: Ed McMahon

» by GI Korea June 23rd, 2009 at 7:29 pm » Comments (3)

Ed McMahon has passed away today and something that many people may not know is that Ed McMahon was a retired Marine Corps Colonel that served his country in both ...more »

Picture of the Day: Remembering the Korean War

» by GI Korea June 13th, 2009 at 12:47 pm » Comments (2)

Via the Chosun Ilbo. I like when the Seoul city government puts these pictures out but they are interesting to look out especially for those unfamiliar with the war.  You can ...more »

American Remains from Crashed Airplane from Korean War Recovered

» by GI Korea June 11th, 2009 at 8:27 am » Comments (0)

When you  think about it is amazing that after almost 60 years since the start of the Korean War crashed airplanes with the bodies of US pilots in them are ...more »

Picture of the Day: Pipe Smoking Ajushi From the Korean War

» by GI Korea June 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

USinKorea has posted a number of pictures over at the ROK Drop Forums that his step-grandpa took while he fought in the Korean War in 1951.  Remember if you have ...more »

Man Looking for Information on Korean War Vet

» by GI Korea May 30th, 2009 at 6:04 pm » Comments (0)

Can anyone provide and advice or help for this man who is trying to find out information on his grandpa who fought in the Korean War? more »

What North Korea Really Means In Regards to Withdrawing from the Armistice

» by GI Korea May 27th, 2009 at 8:43 pm » Comments (6)

As I expected the North Koreans are responding in kind to the decison of the South Korean government to join the Proliferation Security Initiative: North Korea threatened military action Wednesday against ...more »
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