The Times Leader: Ceremony marks anniversary of Korean War ending
The 58th anniversary of the end of the Korean War will be commemorated by the Korean War Veterans Association of Wyoming Valley at 1 1 a.m. on Saturday on the south lawn of the Luzerne County Courthouse, North River Street, Wilkes-Barre. In the event of inclement weather the ceremony will take place inside the courthouse. The principal speaker is Dr. Jere Packard, a Marine Corps veteran and past president of Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School.
Special remarks will be provided by Vince Riccardo, staff assistant to the director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Plains Township. The ceremony will pay special homage to prisoners of war, the wounded and the 142 servicemen from Luzerne County who were killed in action during the three-year ‘Forgotten War,’ and the 33 soldiers from the federalized 109th Field Artillery, Pennsylvania National Guard, who were enroute for deployment when killed in a train wreck in Ohio. Committee members organizing the event, from left, are Neno Sartini; Joe Sincavage, commander; Victor Habib; and Bob Alper, public affairs officer and ceremony chairman.
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