Korean War Veterans Honored for their Participation in the Battle of Gapyong
This must must have been a awesome moment for these veterans:
Eight veterans of the Korean War arrived from Commonwealth countries in time to mark the 75th anniversary of a crucial battle of the war and their historic contribution. Approximately 2,500 troops from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, with support from the U.S. and South Korean armies, held back 10 times their number at the Battle of Gapyeong on April 23-25, 1951.
The Commonwealth troops held back the Chinese Spring Offensive and spared Seoul from recapture by Communist forces. A total of 26 veterans and their families arrived as guests of South Korea on April 22 in Seoul to pay tribute at the War Memorial and visit the Commonwealth Monument in Gapyeong, about 40 miles northeast of the capital. Saturday, they visited Panmunjom, the truce village inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas.
You can read more at the link as well as read my prior posting about the Battle of Gapyong.
