thanks so much for this video my father just passed waway December first 2011 he to is a korean war veteran and will be burried at camp nelson veterans cemitary in nicholasville KY on dec 6 2011 at 2:30 pm with full millitary honors. allso his brother my uncle Marvin was killed in the korean war. And i served on the dmz in kores on border patroll many years after the war 1980 to 1981 me and dad would talk about our time there tahnks to our fathers true Heros bar none keep up the fire
The Korean War began on 25 June 1950 and armistice signed on 27 July 1953. Many Koreans call it "yuk-e-o"(six-two-five) war or Korean war. So it's unlikely they will get the date wrong if asked when the war happened.
was the guard marching with the gun in Korea? anyways i got 2 uncles who where in Korea war one in the navy and one in the army. they doing fine walk every morning use youtube also heh.
The Korean war was brutal.. just brutal... i saw pictures of the dead and it was so cold that their arms and legs were sticking up in the air frozen.......
If it wasn't because of the Chinese during the Korean war...Korea would be one today! Stupid Chinese commie bastards helped criminal Kim Il sung invade and kill millions of South Koreans...Today they are still the only ally of North Korea’s brutal megalomaniac leader Kim il sung, which likes to drink $500 French wine while his citizens starve to death!!!
@zrectnat Most of the action of the Korean war was in the winters. The rain coats are suppose to resemble the freezing temperatures and terrible weather they fought in.
Remember this place, back then I was like 9 when traveling there, I think is a very good memorial, dont get me wrong, I mean is very shocking, gives u a feeling those soldiers were still fighting, still walking on.
Can someone please tell me what the meaning of this placement of these statues represents. Is it from the Chosin engagment or another part of the war. Are they coming to battle or leaving it. I ask this out of respect and all I want to do is to understand what the artist was trying to convey. Respectfully yours, and thank you.
My father was drafted into the war when he was 17 I have always wanted to make an evening visit to all of the war memorials, specially Korea and Vietnam (and the law enforcement one, for personal reasons).
Thank you. South Korea will always remember sacrifice of American veterans and forever be gradeful. My grandfather also had fought against the Communist with American veterans in Korean War. He always remembered his American fellow soldiers untill he passed away.
Without those who went to the Korean war's sacrificed, South korean people can have a freedom. I really appreciated that their sacrificed for protecting my country.
God bless you all and I will dedicate something to the U.S in the future.
Thank to the soldiers of the United states of America. God bless you all!!
Without those who went to the Korean war's sacrificed, South korean people can have a freedom. I really appreciated that their sacrificed for protecting my country.
God bless you all and I will dedicate something to the U.S in the future.
Thank to the soldiers of the United states of America. God bless all!!
sweet i can use this first part of the dramatice video thingy for my history project!! thanks alot!!......................... respect to all who faught in this war. and ur father! tHANKS
@mybrothersnameis Your Dad was an American Hero...You and I were fortunate to have fathers like that. God bless you and yours...and God Bless the United States of America.
@skyguy1956 Thank you for your words about my dad. Memorial Day was hard it was the first without him but we placed his beloved American flag @ his grave & raised new American & Marine flags @ his home. I know you are so proud of your dad to be so brave@ 17. It seems to be a thread that runs thru a tapestry of these men. My dad was 17, never talked about the war til last yrs & said he never wanted to be cold again. We buried him on bitter cold day in Jan..too much irony
haha my grandpa is a korean war veteran too :D he always wears his korean war veteran hat that says major Joe W. Cowing 36 years of service with his purple war veteran jacket too ^-^ another funny thing is he still is up and about walking,working out and such, and lifting wood in his home in maine
@ieodksnw787 status quo? I admit, any war is a waste of lives, but a necessity, the millions of chinese and north koreans who were killed in that war could have easily overtaken the south koreans if it wasn't for america.
The god-forsaken plan to invade the South was cooked up and carried out by Kim. Stalin and Mao were vehemently opposed. It was only when the UN (not only America) forces were close to the Yalu River that China felt threatened and entered the war.
By "millions" i'm not only referring to soldiers but also civilians in both North and South Korea.
@ieodksnw787 it would still probably be in locked in a communistic vice, with starvation and death a part of everyday life, when it comes to history, there are facts, which is what really happened, and the what if, the what if is open to any kind of interpretation, so don't play games, and just understand what did happen, not what could have happened
@ieodksnw787 of course they say they felt "threatened" the disregard for life they displayed is sick. Nations are threatened every day, that is no excuse to enter a war they had no business in, we didn't line up tanks and scream fire on the border of china, that was just a bullshit bureaucratic excuse.
you must not understand the historical context. China at the time placed territorial integrity above all; the same region of Manchuria had been invaded only 20 years prior by the Japanese. They felt that the Americans would not stop at the Yalu. These sentiments were not unwarranted, as McArthur actually did want to invade Manchuria, and even drop another A-bomb.
"disregard for life" - I suppose you've never heard of Hiroshima or Nagasaki?
the communist Chinese state was established only in 1949, after a 20 year civil war. A newly established regime would be crazy to allow compromises in sovereignty and territorial integrity. Just why do you think we were so eager to fight the war of 1812?
They "had no business" in a war that was on their border, involving Korea - a historical satellite state. Yet it's legitimate for the UN forces to interfere from half a world away?
Talk to a North Korean or Chinese communist and they'll say exactly the same as yourself, only with the roles reversed. You and they are both wrong b/c you simply don't understand the historical context, you simply parrot the simplified versions that you've been taught.
@ieodksnw787 well, its history, which means it is filled with conveluted facts, and misinformed commentary, but on each side of the argument is fact, and I can obviously tell your someone who thinks they have all the facts, so I am done listening to your shit.
@viking5442 I'm sorry, you're just simply wrong. Taking a one-sided perspective is not accurate history. Like I've already acknowledged, Kim was the instigator of the war; so as far as causation, he's the one responsible for the deaths and destruction. However, you have to look at the actions and motivations behind both sides, USSR, China, the US and the UN countries that participated.
@viking5442 ok, let's agree to disagree. I do agree though that China and North Korea are despotic regimes.
From a war perspective though, I look at things as they were at the time, completely removed from the geopolitics of today. We humans are prone to hindsight bias; it's way to easy to be critical of one side post-hoc.
The war was a massive failure for both America (hence "forgotten war") and the UN. How ironic is it that an international body crafted to "end all wars" became a willing participant in this bloody mess?
Also, the war was not responsible for the South Korean "miracle". That country remained an authoritarian dictatorship until the late 1980s. Whose to say that a united Korea would not have been better for both sides?
@nerv0582 No war is a good thing, but not all wars are a bad thing, some are necessary, and for the survival of a democratic government in south korea, yes, it was necessary.
My grandpa is a Korean Vet as well! and my great uncle was killed in action in Korea! at age 21.....My grandpa never talks about the war. either...great tribute I was in tears!!!
My grandad never really talked about the war either.. he just had us look at pictures that he took.. and they were really good pictures also.. some look like they belong on the memorial wall. I also remember watching MASH all the time as well with my parents and sometimes he would watch it. He told me that not only the Mash units were a hospital.. it was also a place to get something to eat and fellowship with fellow soldiers and play some cards... LOL
Thanks for your comment. That memorial gave me chills too...probably because my Dad was only a 17 year old boy and he had to endure so much. He said that to this day...he never was so cold as the winter there was so brutally cold.
My father is also a Korean War Vet and Hero to all his kids and grandchildren. My father is still alive and like many of his generation, never talked much about the war. I know he was there for 18 months, was shot once, sent back to the front and made it home alive. He did talk about the Chinese surrounding them and he said he will never forget the sound of them coming from all sides-brutal fight, most didn't make it out.
I can understand what you are feeling and how you look at the war and your pain and reverence to these fallen soldiers. But to chinese till this day, they are aggressors.
Let's be honest here, Mao sent in millions of Chinese into Korea to make himself look like a hero in front of Stalin. The rest of it, Americans being agressors, is pure communist propaganda. Using Kim Il Sung as as puppet, Stalin instigated the war against South Korea and then tried to blame the UN and Americans. It's pure horseshit. The Americans went in there to support the South Korean resistance and put a halt to the Reds' aggression..
Same deal here, my grandfather was my hero as well (it seems to be a trend with these Korean War Veterans).....I know he saw it, I never have, he died 3 years ago, shortly after my son (who I named after him) was born......still think about him and what he did there everyday...........GREAT video!
Thank You...And likewise...my Dad never talked much about Korea until lately. There was something very moving when you look at your Dad and then look at the faces of the soldiers. I'll never forget it and I hope you can share that very special moment with your father some day.
I haven't been to the memorial, but would like to see it in person. My dad is also my Hero and he, too, served time there as part of the Chosin Reservior campaign. He didn't really talk much of it until just over the past few years. Funny, I've always known of my dad having serviced his country, but it feels as though after watching your video -- I get it. Wonderfully done and powerfully moving. Thanks so much and an awesome dedication to a fellow Dad/Hero out there!
thanks so much for this video my father just passed waway December first 2011 he to is a korean war veteran and will be burried at camp nelson veterans cemitary in nicholasville KY on dec 6 2011 at 2:30 pm with full millitary honors. allso his brother my uncle Marvin was killed in the korean war. And i served on the dmz in kores on border patroll many years after the war 1980 to 1981 me and dad would talk about our time there tahnks to our fathers true Heros bar none keep up the fire
santino240 3 months ago
Speechless...epic footage...thank you to all those who serve!
StangQuest94 3 months ago
The Korean War began on 25 June 1950 and armistice signed on 27 July 1953. Many Koreans call it "yuk-e-o"(six-two-five) war or Korean war. So it's unlikely they will get the date wrong if asked when the war happened.
heaven2000 6 months ago
was the guard marching with the gun in Korea? anyways i got 2 uncles who where in Korea war one in the navy and one in the army. they doing fine walk every morning use youtube also heh.
ndgh209 6 months ago
The Korean war was brutal.. just brutal... i saw pictures of the dead and it was so cold that their arms and legs were sticking up in the air frozen.......
lvrpatriot01 10 months ago
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THIS IS CHINA'S LEGACY:
If it wasn't because of the Chinese during the Korean war...Korea would be one today! Stupid Chinese commie bastards helped criminal Kim Il sung invade and kill millions of South Koreans...Today they are still the only ally of North Korea’s brutal megalomaniac leader Kim il sung, which likes to drink $500 French wine while his citizens starve to death!!!
juanlozanoism 11 months ago
Good bless the fallen Soldiers and their familys.
MrTimo17 11 months ago
they call it the forgotten war. some call it the forgotten victory
DuBBzable 1 year ago
what is this memorial supposed to be like the vietnam is a wounded soldier the iwo jima is the flag raisers so what is this
zrectnat 1 year ago
@zrectnat i really dont know. the men are all wearing winter clothing to resemble the brutal winters. i would have to go to find out
DuBBzable 1 year ago
@zrectnat Most of the action of the Korean war was in the winters. The rain coats are suppose to resemble the freezing temperatures and terrible weather they fought in.
Silentghost45 6 months ago
My grandfather fought in the Korean War. He came back, but he died of cancer a couple years ago. I was really close to him. R.I.P.
kensethmartinfan 1 year ago
Remember this place, back then I was like 9 when traveling there, I think is a very good memorial, dont get me wrong, I mean is very shocking, gives u a feeling those soldiers were still fighting, still walking on.
nerv0582 1 year ago
Can someone please tell me what the meaning of this placement of these statues represents. Is it from the Chosin engagment or another part of the war. Are they coming to battle or leaving it. I ask this out of respect and all I want to do is to understand what the artist was trying to convey. Respectfully yours, and thank you.
3shacks1house 1 year ago
My father was drafted into the war when he was 17 I have always wanted to make an evening visit to all of the war memorials, specially Korea and Vietnam (and the law enforcement one, for personal reasons).
demonseed032 1 year ago
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atommin 1 year ago
Thank you. South Korea will always remember sacrifice of American veterans and forever be gradeful. My grandfather also had fought against the Communist with American veterans in Korean War. He always remembered his American fellow soldiers untill he passed away.
atommin 1 year ago
Beautiful. Thank you and bless you to your father and to all our American heroes.
NashJille 1 year ago
@NashJille Thank you...I'll share that with my father.
skyguy1956 1 year ago
Without those who went to the Korean war's sacrificed, South korean people can have a freedom. I really appreciated that their sacrificed for protecting my country.
God bless you all and I will dedicate something to the U.S in the future.
Thank to the soldiers of the United states of America. God bless you all!!
kajagugu0427 1 year ago
Without those who went to the Korean war's sacrificed, South korean people can have a freedom. I really appreciated that their sacrificed for protecting my country.
God bless you all and I will dedicate something to the U.S in the future.
Thank to the soldiers of the United states of America. God bless all!!
kajagugu0427 1 year ago
sweet i can use this first part of the dramatice video thingy for my history project!! thanks alot!!......................... respect to all who faught in this war. and ur father! tHANKS
NICK57580 1 year ago
@NICK57580 Thanks Nick! Hope your project is an Ace!
skyguy1956 1 year ago
"Retreat? Hell! We're just advancing in another direction!"
General Oliver P. Smith- Chosin 1950
ele90 1 year ago
@ele90 My dad was one of "The Frozen Chosin"...A Band of Brothers"... Marine.... Hero. Lost my father Jan. 1, 2010 @ dawn. He fought a good fight...
mybrothersnameis 1 year ago
@mybrothersnameis Your Dad was an American Hero...You and I were fortunate to have fathers like that. God bless you and yours...and God Bless the United States of America.
skyguy1956 1 year ago
@skyguy1956 Thank you for your words about my dad. Memorial Day was hard it was the first without him but we placed his beloved American flag @ his grave & raised new American & Marine flags @ his home. I know you are so proud of your dad to be so brave@ 17. It seems to be a thread that runs thru a tapestry of these men. My dad was 17, never talked about the war til last yrs & said he never wanted to be cold again. We buried him on bitter cold day in Jan..too much irony
mybrothersnameis 1 year ago
wonderful, thank you for posting this. very respectful,
elementjazz 2 years ago
@elementjazz Thank you.
skyguy1956 1 year ago
haha my grandpa is a korean war veteran too :D he always wears his korean war veteran hat that says major Joe W. Cowing 36 years of service with his purple war veteran jacket too ^-^ another funny thing is he still is up and about walking,working out and such, and lifting wood in his home in maine
BamBamCowing 2 years ago
@BamBamCowing Same with my Dad. If he's not doing something...he's asleep.
skyguy1956 1 year ago
If there had been no korean war, there would be no south korea.
viking5442 2 years ago
@viking5442 That's for sure!
skyguy1956 1 year ago
@viking5442 that's bullshit. the war did nothing but maintain the status quo. It was a waste of 3 years and millions of lives.
ieodksnw787 1 year ago
@ieodksnw787 status quo? I admit, any war is a waste of lives, but a necessity, the millions of chinese and north koreans who were killed in that war could have easily overtaken the south koreans if it wasn't for america.
viking5442 1 year ago
@viking5442
The god-forsaken plan to invade the South was cooked up and carried out by Kim. Stalin and Mao were vehemently opposed. It was only when the UN (not only America) forces were close to the Yalu River that China felt threatened and entered the war.
By "millions" i'm not only referring to soldiers but also civilians in both North and South Korea.
ieodksnw787 1 year ago
@ieodksnw787 it would still probably be in locked in a communistic vice, with starvation and death a part of everyday life, when it comes to history, there are facts, which is what really happened, and the what if, the what if is open to any kind of interpretation, so don't play games, and just understand what did happen, not what could have happened
viking5442 1 year ago
"it would still probably............"
"so don't play games, and just understand what did happen, not what could have happened"
is your first sentence fact or conjecture? and you're saying I'm the one playing games? lol
ieodksnw787 1 year ago
@ieodksnw787 of course they say they felt "threatened" the disregard for life they displayed is sick. Nations are threatened every day, that is no excuse to enter a war they had no business in, we didn't line up tanks and scream fire on the border of china, that was just a bullshit bureaucratic excuse.
viking5442 1 year ago
@viking5442
you must not understand the historical context. China at the time placed territorial integrity above all; the same region of Manchuria had been invaded only 20 years prior by the Japanese. They felt that the Americans would not stop at the Yalu. These sentiments were not unwarranted, as McArthur actually did want to invade Manchuria, and even drop another A-bomb.
"disregard for life" - I suppose you've never heard of Hiroshima or Nagasaki?
ieodksnw787 1 year ago
@viking5442
the communist Chinese state was established only in 1949, after a 20 year civil war. A newly established regime would be crazy to allow compromises in sovereignty and territorial integrity. Just why do you think we were so eager to fight the war of 1812?
They "had no business" in a war that was on their border, involving Korea - a historical satellite state. Yet it's legitimate for the UN forces to interfere from half a world away?
ieodksnw787 1 year ago
@viking5442
Talk to a North Korean or Chinese communist and they'll say exactly the same as yourself, only with the roles reversed. You and they are both wrong b/c you simply don't understand the historical context, you simply parrot the simplified versions that you've been taught.
ieodksnw787 1 year ago
@ieodksnw787 well, its history, which means it is filled with conveluted facts, and misinformed commentary, but on each side of the argument is fact, and I can obviously tell your someone who thinks they have all the facts, so I am done listening to your shit.
viking5442 1 year ago
@viking5442 I'm sorry, you're just simply wrong. Taking a one-sided perspective is not accurate history. Like I've already acknowledged, Kim was the instigator of the war; so as far as causation, he's the one responsible for the deaths and destruction. However, you have to look at the actions and motivations behind both sides, USSR, China, the US and the UN countries that participated.
ieodksnw787 1 year ago
@ieodksnw787 did i not just say that there are facts and reasons on both sides of the argument
viking5442 1 year ago
@viking5442 ok, let's agree to disagree. I do agree though that China and North Korea are despotic regimes.
From a war perspective though, I look at things as they were at the time, completely removed from the geopolitics of today. We humans are prone to hindsight bias; it's way to easy to be critical of one side post-hoc.
ieodksnw787 1 year ago
@ieodksnw787 not a lot of Chinese Communist left. there to busy wanting more and more freedoms.
Dogmeat1950 1 year ago
The war was a massive failure for both America (hence "forgotten war") and the UN. How ironic is it that an international body crafted to "end all wars" became a willing participant in this bloody mess?
Also, the war was not responsible for the South Korean "miracle". That country remained an authoritarian dictatorship until the late 1980s. Whose to say that a united Korea would not have been better for both sides?
ieodksnw787 1 year ago
@ieodksnw787 There's about 50 million south koreans that live a life of freedom and democracy that would disagree with you.
djacobox372 1 year ago
@viking5442 So u think, is a good thing or bad thing, I know is not that simple, but dont know what word can put it, u know what I mean.
nerv0582 1 year ago
@nerv0582 No war is a good thing, but not all wars are a bad thing, some are necessary, and for the survival of a democratic government in south korea, yes, it was necessary.
viking5442 1 year ago
Is that Saving Private Ryan music I hear? Very appropriate.
Nerbit 2 years ago
@Nerbit agreed nerbit :') made me cry :'(
elementjazz 2 years ago
Thank you..and thank your Grandfather for me too! I am also glad you enjoyed my video. They were the greatest generation.
skyguy1956 2 years ago
My grandpa is a Korean Vet as well! and my great uncle was killed in action in Korea! at age 21.....My grandpa never talks about the war. either...great tribute I was in tears!!!
PaceProductions09 2 years ago
Don't forget the Glorious Glosters. x
transonicbuoy1 2 years ago
My grandad is a Korean war vet. It was amazing to see it when I was in DC.. it gave me chills just thinking that my Grandad was there.
LindzRene82 2 years ago
My grandad never really talked about the war either.. he just had us look at pictures that he took.. and they were really good pictures also.. some look like they belong on the memorial wall. I also remember watching MASH all the time as well with my parents and sometimes he would watch it. He told me that not only the Mash units were a hospital.. it was also a place to get something to eat and fellowship with fellow soldiers and play some cards... LOL
LindzRene82 2 years ago
Thanks for your comment. That memorial gave me chills too...probably because my Dad was only a 17 year old boy and he had to endure so much. He said that to this day...he never was so cold as the winter there was so brutally cold.
skyguy1956 2 years ago
My father is also a Korean War Vet and Hero to all his kids and grandchildren. My father is still alive and like many of his generation, never talked much about the war. I know he was there for 18 months, was shot once, sent back to the front and made it home alive. He did talk about the Chinese surrounding them and he said he will never forget the sound of them coming from all sides-brutal fight, most didn't make it out.
Nice Video thanks for Posting
Jill3386 2 years ago
I can understand what you are feeling and how you look at the war and your pain and reverence to these fallen soldiers. But to chinese till this day, they are aggressors.
amorolic 3 years ago
Let's be honest here, Mao sent in millions of Chinese into Korea to make himself look like a hero in front of Stalin. The rest of it, Americans being agressors, is pure communist propaganda. Using Kim Il Sung as as puppet, Stalin instigated the war against South Korea and then tried to blame the UN and Americans. It's pure horseshit. The Americans went in there to support the South Korean resistance and put a halt to the Reds' aggression..
topjimmy72 2 years ago 2
Same deal here, my grandfather was my hero as well (it seems to be a trend with these Korean War Veterans).....I know he saw it, I never have, he died 3 years ago, shortly after my son (who I named after him) was born......still think about him and what he did there everyday...........GREAT video!
skradie 3 years ago
Thank You...And likewise...my Dad never talked much about Korea until lately. There was something very moving when you look at your Dad and then look at the faces of the soldiers. I'll never forget it and I hope you can share that very special moment with your father some day.
skyguy1956 3 years ago
I haven't been to the memorial, but would like to see it in person. My dad is also my Hero and he, too, served time there as part of the Chosin Reservior campaign. He didn't really talk much of it until just over the past few years. Funny, I've always known of my dad having serviced his country, but it feels as though after watching your video -- I get it. Wonderfully done and powerfully moving. Thanks so much and an awesome dedication to a fellow Dad/Hero out there!
telyhi777 3 years ago