From Truro Daily News: Cenotaph revisions to correct names for Korean War dead
TRURO - Two Truro Korean War vets, who were killed in battle, should soon have a place of their own on the local centotaph.
"That would satisfy me," said fellow Korean War veteran Curtis Faulkner, who earlier this year raised concerns over the fact that two Truro soldiers who both perished in that "forgotten war," we're not properly represented on the town's cenotaph.
"Just to let people know, the Town of Truro, these people were living and they gave the supreme sacrifice," Faulkner said, regarding his boyhood friend, Leslie Thomas Fielding and another man, a Cpl. MacLean, who names appear with other Canadians who lost their lives during the Second World War.
"He was not killed in the Battle of the Atlantic. He was killed in Korea (April 25, 1951 during the Battle of Kap'yong)," Faulkner said earlier this year, regarding Fielding. "It was a forgotten war and these men we're absolutely forgotten about."
Faulkner believes Korean vets, even if there are only two on the Cenotaph, should be properly listed on the stone, instead of just being lumped in with the names of the fallen from other battles.
After hearing his complaint, a meeting was held with Royal Canadian Legion members and Truro Mayor Bill Mills, during which the idea for the plaque was presented.
The cenotaph is actually owned by the town, and Mills said he will be taking the request to pay for a plaque to council for consideration.
"That would be quite satisfactory (if both names are included)," Faulkner said, adding that Fielding should also be credited on the plaque for having been awarded a Presidential Citation from the U.S. after his death.
"Which I think should be mentioned on that plaque," he said. "Other than that I'd be satisfied."
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