[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 126 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S6390]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
  S. 1982. A bill to authorize a Wall of Remembrance as part of the 
Korean War Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions 
to fund the Wall of Remembrance; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources.
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the Korean War 
Veterans Memorial and the legislation I am introducing along with 
Senator Boozman. This legislation authorizes the addition of a ``Wall 
of Remembrance'' to the Korean War Veterans Memorial, without the use 
of public funds.
  The Korean War, often referred to as the ``Forgotten War,'' began on 
June 25, 1950. During the three-year course of the war, some 5.7 
million Americans were called to serve, and by the time the Korean 
Armistice Agreement was signed in July 1953, more than 36,000 Americans 
sacrificed their lives, 103,284 were wounded, 7,140 were captured, and 
664 were missing.
  To honor the Americans who served during the Korean War, on October 
28, 1986, Congress passed H.R. 2005, Public Law 99-572, authorizing the 
construction of the Korean War Veterans Memorial located in West 
Potomac Park, southeast of the Lincoln Memorial and just south of the 
Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. For those of you who have visited 
this memorial, it is quite a moving experience. But unlike some other 
memorials, it does not list the names of those who died while serving 
their country.
  My legislation authorizes the addition of a Wall of Remembrance to 
the existing Korean War Veterans Memorial. The Wall of Remembrance 
would list the names of members of the Armed Forces of the United 
States who died in theater in the Korean War, as well as the number of 
service members who were wounded in action, are listed as missing in 
action, or who were prisoners of war during the Korean War. The Wall 
would also list the number of members of the Korean Augmentation to the 
U.S. Army, the Republic of Korean Armed Forces, and other nations of 
the United Nations Command who were killed in action, wounded in 
action, are listed as missing in action, or were prisoners of war.
  Korean War Veterans Memorials that display the names of a nation's 
fallen soldiers can be found across the globe. Authorizing a Wall of 
Remembrance here in the United States is just one way we can help 
ensure that those who died while serving our country in the ``Forgotten 
War'' are no longer forgotten. I urge my colleagues to join me in 
supporting this legislation.
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