[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14005]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING AMERICA'S KOREAN WAR VETERANS ON JULY 27, 2010, NATIONAL 
                   KOREAN WAR VETERANS ARMISTICE DAY

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                         HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 26, 2010

  Mr. RANGEL. Madam Speaker, I rise to commemorate the National Korean 
War Veterans Armistice Day, a day especially set aside to ensure 
America remembers the valiant sacrifices and the patriotic service of 
the Korean War veterans.
  On Tuesday, the stars and stripes will be flown across our great 
nation in their honor, as a result of President Obama's enactment of 
the Korean War Veterans Recognition Act, which became Public Law (111-
41) last year after it unanimously passed in both chambers of the U.S. 
Congress.
  At the National Korean War Memorial on the morning of the Korean War 
Veterans Armistice Day, July 27, 2010, hundreds of veterans, their 
friends and families, members of the U.S. Armed Services, and foreign 
dignitaries will pay tribute to all those who served in Korea, and lay 
wreaths for the fallen who never made it back home. Among those in 
attendance are members of the Korean War Veterans Association, who have 
gathered in Washington, D.C., for their 2010 Convention and Gathering 
to mark the occasion.
  Sixty years ago, war broke out on the Korean Peninsula, when North 
Korea invaded the South on June 25, 1950. Before the ceasefire three 
years later, 1.8 million Americans had served in Korea and the region, 
more than 54,000 had been killed, more than 103,000 wounded and up to 
8,176 listed as missing. Today, there's no peace treaty ending the war, 
and 28,500 American soldiers are still stationed in South Korea, 
guarding democracy's eastern flank.
  Despite the great loss of life in such a short time, Korea--a so-
called United Nations conflict sandwiched between World War II and 
Vietnam War--was simply forgotten. I hope the flags displayed on this 
day would remind Americans to remember and recognize the Korean War 
veterans of a war that has yet to end.

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