Posts Tagged With: Korean War

Korean War Veteran Receives Long Overdue Recognition

» by GI Korea November 27th, 2011 at 5:33 pm » Comments (0)

Here is a good story about a woman that has received the long overdue recognition of being a Korean War veteran: After 58 years, Viola Beitz Rieck finally got what she ...more »

What Thanksgiving Was Like During the Korean War

» by GI Korea November 24th, 2011 at 6:58 am » Comments (21)

In honor of Thanksgiving today I recommend everyone who is celebrating the holiday to take a second and give thanks to all the US and allied personnel thought fought in ...more »

Picture of the Day: ROK Army MP’s In Hungnam

» by GI Korea November 13th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="1st Marine Division with ROK MPs in Hungnam, North Korea during the Korean War."][/caption] Via Morning Calm News. more »

Picture of the Day: Bob Hope’s Korean War Jet

» by GI Korea November 9th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="393" caption="Hope in Korea. Bob Hope was caught by the cameraman just as he was climbing out of the T-33 jet plane, which flew him from Taegu ...more »

US To Restart Search for Korean War Remains In North Korea

» by GI Korea October 22nd, 2011 at 8:31 am » Comments (0)

This is good news for the families still missing the remains of their loved ones in North Korea: The U.S. Defense Department says that the U.S. and North Korea have agreed ...more »

Woman Receives About $5 for Korean War Death of Brother

» by GI Korea October 18th, 2011 at 5:01 pm » Comments (7)

This is an odd story that I think is more of a legislative issue with the Korean legislative branch needing to update antiquated laws than just some uncaring bureaucracy: A compensation ...more »

US To Restart Negotiations With North Korea for Korean War Era Remains

» by GI Korea October 17th, 2011 at 7:28 pm » Comments (7)

As I have said before I am all for the recovery of war remains in North Korea but the cost the North Koreans are demanding has to be factored into ...more »

Picture of the Day: The Greatest General We Ever Had

» by GI Korea October 9th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

Via Stars & Stripes. Tokyo, Japan, February, 1953: Gen. Mark Clark, left, head of the United Nations Command, and Gen. James Van Fleet, outgoing commander of the U.S. Eighth Army and U.N. ...more »

Picture of the Day: North Korean Surrender

» by GI Korea October 5th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)

A U.S. Marine tank follows a line of prisoners of war down a village street. September 26, 1950. S. Sgt. John Babyak, Jr. (Marine Corps)Via IMCOM Flickr Page. more »

Picture of Day: Reenacting the Nakdong River Battle

» by GI Korea September 29th, 2011 at 1:03 pm » Comments (16)

Soldiers dressed in the clothes of South Korea and North Korea engage in hand-to-hand fighting as they re-enact one of historical crucial battles of the 1950-53 Korean War along the ...more »