[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 111 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3152]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING THE 71ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR

  (Mrs. KIM of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KIM of California. Madam Speaker, ``Our Nation honors her sons 
and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew 
and a people they never met.'' This is the quote you will find at our 
Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today, on the 71st anniversary of the Korean 
war, to honor the more than 5.7 million Americans who served, including 
the 2.25 million Korean war veterans alive today, and to remember the 
more than 36,000 Americans and 1 million South Korean civilians and 
soldiers who gave their lives to protect freedom.
  As an immigrant from South Korea whose family lived through the 
Korean war, and as a wife and sister of veterans, I know that I am here 
because of the sacrifices of our brave Korean war veterans.
  This is personal to me. Words alone cannot express how grateful I am.
  Freedom is not free, and each of you stands as a reminder of our 
Nation's commitment to freedom and to the safety and security of our 
allies in South Korea.

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