Korean memorial proposed in D.C.

Korean Joongang Daily: Korean memorial proposed in D.C.


WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of U.S. congressmen is pushing for a gigantic glass wall in Washington inscribed with the names of soldiers who died during the Korean War.

Rep. Ralph Hall, Republican of Texas, and four other congressmen recently submitted a bill on setting up the Wall of Remembrance to mark the Korean War Armistice Day on July 27.

The four are Sam Johnson, Republican of Texas, Howard Coble, Republican of North Carolina, John Conyers, Democrat of Michigan, and John Dingell, Democrat of Michigan.

The bill, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, calls for private sector contributions to erect a huge glass-made wall along the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington.

It would have a list of names of soldiers killed in the 1950-53 conflict along with the missing in action, casualties and prisoners of war, as well as Koreans who fought with the Americans as KATUSA, or Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army.

“More than 8,000 members of the KATUSA gave their lives for their country and ours,” Hall said.