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New KDVA(Korea Defence Veteran Association) Chairman and President’s Inaugural Message 주한미군 전우회 신임 회장 및 이사장 취임사

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This inaugural message was addressed in  February 1, 2023 on the site of KDVA(Korea Defence Veteran Association). I had an opportunity to join the association as an associate member in Aug. 15, 2023. The reason joining the KDVA has been caused by my lifetime value, don't forget your debt for anyone who pay for you, that surely be a guide post on my lifetime.  My parent in their nineties experienced the Korean war and knew who helped their country and them in the brutal war. I was born just after the war, as a baby boomer, and have undestood that help continued over 73 years, as I have taught and seen U.S. GIs and their families, military camps, protestant(puritan) missionaries and their churches and hospitals, JSA, and military exercises regulary carried out. I have realized that my country has been blessed for having deep relationship with the U.S.A. the greatest moral and free country ever in history on earth.  So, I would encourage you to join the association for remin...

A Series of The Battle History of Delaying Action in Korean War Presented for My Community

I had an opportunity to introduce the subject, from Osan to the Nakdong River Perimeter, for my community, so I has compiled and summarized the stories to fit for the limited volume to be presented lessthan 3 minutes a week.  The stories are the ones that were presented during the Middle of Jun 2023 to the MIddle of August.  I have hoped people having no knowledge of and thought on these battles and American sacrifices can be helpful to be interested in the stories.    Philippines Were First in Asia to Fight alongside South “It is a little-known fact for many that, when the Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, the Philippines was the first Asian country to send contingent forces to aid South Korea,” The Philippines as the first Asian country to commit soldiers on the ground during the Korean War, the Philippines sent a total of 7,500 Filipino soldiers from September 1950 to May 1955, of whom 120 were killed in action, 300 were wounded, 60 went missing and 4...