[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 123 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S10789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL

  Mr. D'AMATO. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the sacrifices 
of the many hundreds of thousands of American servicemen who bravely 
fought the forces of communism in that far-off peninsula of Korea. As 
the primary contingent of an international force that succeeded in 
halting the tide of Soviet and Chinese expansion and influence, Korean 
war veterans won what many have seen as the first battle of the cold 
war.
  The experience of the Korean war forever changed the nature of the 
superpower relationship as well as America's bilateral relations with 
its overseas allies. In defending the democratic South Korean 
Government against the aggression of the communist North, America won 
the friendship of a government committed to furthering American values 
and ideals. Today we look at South Korea as a important ally and model 
of political, social, and economic development.
  Many have referred to the Korean war as the forgotten war because its 
significance has only been truly realized after our eventual triumph 
over totalitarianism. With today's dedication of the Korean War 
Veterans Memorial by President Clinton and South Korean President Kim 
Young Sam, the sacrifices of the over 54,000 Americans killed and the 
1.5 million men and women who served will finally be recognized. The 
memorial will serve to forever preserve a place of honor that these 
heroes have always deserved. Let these America's Korean war veterans 
never again be forgotten.


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