Over 33,000 service members lost their lives in the Korean War from 1950-1953.
VO: OVER THIRTY –THREE THOUSAND U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE KOREAN WAR.
THE KOREAN WAR BEGAN ON JUNE TWENTY FIFTH, NINETEEN FIFTY AND FIGHTING ENDED WHEN THE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED ON JULY TWENTY SEVENTH, NINETEEN FIFTY THREE AFTER THREE YEARS OF BRUTAL FIGHTING. COLONEL DAVID CLARK IS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTOR OF THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE.
COL: WHEN THE NORTH INVADED THE SOUTH IN JUNE OF NINETEEN FIFTY, THE LIBERTY AND FREEDOM OF AN ENTIRE NATION, REALLY, WAS AT STAKE. SO THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED NATIONS RUSHED TO KOREA TO TURN BACK THE INVASION. AND WHEN THE WAR ENDED, AND PEACE WAS RESTORED, THE COST IN LIVES WAS TERRIBLE. BUT BECAUSE OF THESE SACRIFICES, FOURTY THREE MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN PEACE AND PROSPERITY TODAY.
VO: ON JULY TWENTY SEVENTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WILL COMMEMORATE THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE AND HONOR KOREAN WAR VETERANS AT THE KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON. FOR MORE INFORMATIN GO TO KOREANWAR SIXTY DOT COM.
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