[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16138]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES IN THE KOREAN WAR

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay 
tribute to the brave men and women who served in the Armed Forces and 
fought for the freedom of the Korean people. This week marks the 50th 
anniversary of the signing of the cease-fire agreement that ended the 
fighting of the Korean War. A peace treaty was never signed, leaving 
strained relations on the Korean peninsula until today. Armed Forces 
from over 20 countries came together to fight in what is often called 
the ``forgotten war.'' Casualties in the United States Armed Forces 
totalled 54,260 dead, with 8,176 listed as missing in action or as 
prisoners of war.
  I would also like to recognize Orange County resident Martin Markley, 
who recently received a Bronze Star for combat valor after surviving a 
bloody battle in Korea over 50 years ago, and I want to give my thanks 
to those veterans who helped defend for the Korean people; and I want 
to extend my sympathy to those who lost loved ones during that war. 
They have not been forgotten and their memory will always be 
remembered.

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