Barely a minute from the Lincoln Memorial lies the Korean War Veterans Memorial, dedicated to the veterans of the Korean War of the 1950s...
The monument has 19 stainless steel statues, each about 7 feet tall. The figures represent a platoon on patrol, drawn from each branch of the armed forces. Fourteen of the figures are from the United States Army, three are from the Marine Corps, one from the navy and one from the air force. They are dressed in full combat gear, dispersed among strips of granite and juniper bushes representing the rugged Korean terrain, where the brave men fought resisting the Communist onslaught...
Flowers from Korea...
Colours of autumn are setting in...
Another aircraft on its approach - a Southwest Boeing 737...
And a mention of India - we had provided medical support for the joint United Nations force that defended Korea...
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