Washington, D.C
New Korean War monument to be unveiled in Washington D.C. this week
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This undated photograph, supplied by the veterans affairs ministry, reveals the Wall of Remembrance on the Korean Battle Veterans Memorial on the Nationwide Mall in Washington, D.C. (veterans affairs ministry) |
A brand new Korean Battle monument is ready to be unveiled in Washington, D.C. this week, the veterans affairs ministry mentioned Wednesday, as South Korea and america mark the 69th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that halted the 1950-53 battle.
Some 3,000 individuals, together with Protection Minister Lee Jong-sup and US Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin, will attend a ceremony celebrating the completion of the Wall of Remembrance on the Korean Battle Veterans Memorial on the Nationwide Mall at 10 a.m. on Wednesday (native time).
The wall bears the names of 36,634 US troops and seven,174 members of the Korean Augmentation Troops to the US Military (KATUSA) who died throughout the conflict. It was accomplished after 16 months of building work.
The South Korean authorities supplied 26.6 billion received ($20.28 million) for the 27.4 billion-won venture to construct the wall. Different sponsors embody the Korean Battle Veterans Memorial Basis, the Korean Veterans Affiliation and South Korean companies and residents.
The ceremony has been timed to coincide with the anniversary of the signing of the armistice.
Throughout the occasion, Veterans Affairs Minister Park Min-shik plans to learn out President Yoon Suk-yeol’s congratulatory message in regards to the new monument, which Seoul officers hailed as one other image of the South Korea-US alliance.
“The wall is an emblem of the 2 international locations’ relationship woven by the conflict and of their friendship, and a logo of the bilateral alliance based mostly on which the 2 governments and their individuals can cement their larger solidarity,” Park was quoted by his workplace as saying.
A complete of 100 72-centimeter-thick granite panels had been used for the wall. Of the full, 53 panels had been used to inscribe the names of personal or private-first-class troopers — a telltale signal that many younger troops had been killed in motion throughout the first main armed battle of the Chilly Battle.
The wall is the primary US-based memorial monument carrying the names of the KATUSA members. (Yonhap)