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Re: Korean War 50th Anniversary Armistice Commemoration

From: POW-MIA InterNetwork

Date: July 27, 2003

Fifty years ago today, what would come to be known as the Forgotten War, ended with an Armisitice, ceasing formal hostilties. The final toll bespeaks a brutal war waged in intense heat, frigid cold, mud, meadow and madness.

Below are the figures for the No Longer Forgotten War, as well as a number of links for information and an Events Calendar.

BATTLE DEATHS * 33,686 (* Includes 4,735 findings of presumptive death under the Missing Persons Act) Killed in Action Died of Wounds Died While Missing (MIA) Died While POW 23,637 2,484 4,759 2,806 NON-BATTLE DEATHS 2,830 TOTAL DEATHS IN THEATER 36,516 DIED ELSEWHERE (Worldwide during Korean War) 17,730 WOUNDED (Number of personnel) 92,134 WOUNDED (Number of incidences *) 103,284 (* Includes individual personnel wounded multiple times) UNACCOUNTED FOR 8,176 (Bodies not identified/bodies not recovered) Prisoner of War Killed in Action Missing in Action Non-battle 2,045 1,794 4,245 92 PRISONERS OF WAR 7,245 Returned to U.S. Control Who Died While Captured Who Refused Repatriation 4,418 2,806 21 NUMBER WHO SERVED WORLDWIDE 5,720,000 NUMBER WHO SERVED IN KOREAN THEATER 1,789,000 SERVICE STATISTICS Total ARMY USAF USMC USN Killed in Action 23, 637 19,754 198 3,321 364 Died of Wounds 2,484 1,904 16 536 28 Died While MIA 4,759 3,317 960 385 97 Died While POW 2,806 2,753 24 26 3 TOTAL BATTLE DEAD 33,686 27,728 1,198 4,268 492 Prisoners of War 7,245 5,356 926 677 286

Sources: "Unaccounted For" data from: Defense Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Office (DPMO); all other data from: Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports (WHS/DIOR).

LINKS for Korean War 50th Armistice Anniversary Observances, Web Sites, and Organizations:

Korean War Commemoration web site http://korea50.army.mil/	NSA Korean War 1950-1953 Commemoration http://www.nsa.gov/korea/
Army Quartermaster Corps' 50th Anniversary Commemoration Korean War 1950-1953 http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/korea	USAF Museum Korean War 50th Anniversary history gallery http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/korea50/k50.htm
Department of Defense 50th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemorative Community Program http://www.sgaus.org/korean.htm	50th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemorations (2000-2003) Remembering Those Who Served in the "Forgotten War" http://www.uskorea2000.org/
Conflict and Consequence: The Korean War and its Unsettled Legacy An exhibition at the Truman Presidential Museum & Library June 29, 2003 -- January 5, 2004 http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/korea/large/	Forgotten Victory: Korean War 50th Anniversary http://www.faircount.com/web04/Korea50/korea.html
Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library http://www.mnd.go.kr:8778/625/sub_13.htm	Tiger Survivors - Prisoners of War, Korean War http://www.tigersurvivors.org/pages/13/index.htm
Korean War Project http://www.koreanwar.org/	50th Anniversary of the Korean War From Korea http://www.mnd.go.kr:8778/625/intro.htm

EVENTS

26 July, 2003 (Saturday)
[Ceremony]
Department of Defense 50th Anniversary of the Signing of the Armistice
Washington DC
26 July 2003 10:00 AM

Event: Wreath laying and memorial ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C.
Location: Arlington National Cemetery (ANC)
Arlington VA, 22211.
Time: 10:00 AM

26 July 2003 4:30 PM
Event: National Salute to Korean War Veterans at the MCI Center in Washington D.C.
Location: MCI Center
601 F Street, NW
Washington DC, 20004
Date: 26 July 2003
Time: 4:30 PM
Free tickets for Saturday's National Salute to Korean War Veterans at the MCI Center can be ordered by calling 1-866-751-4403. All ticket orders received after 17 July will be available at the MCI center Will Call. Also, tickets can be picked up in person at the Army, Air Force, and Office of the Secretary of Defense Moral and Welfare and Recreation (MWR) centers at the Pentagon and at Ft. Myer or the Will Call desk at the MCI Center from 21-26 July.
MWR Army 703-697-3816 Air Force 703-697-9866 Office of the Secretary of Defense 703-695-5338 Ft Myers 703-696-3470

27 July 2003 10:00 AM
Event: Armistice Day Ceremony at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
Location: Washington D.C.
Date: 27 July 2003
Time: 10:00 AM
For more information please call 703-604-0831

Joint Security Area (JSA) Armistice Commemoration Ceremony
Korea
Events: - 1100 hrs
Historical reading, anthems, chaplain prayers. ID of participating countries, NNSC/UNC LNOs
Unveiling of memorial dedication
Reception, tour of conference row
1400 hrs World Peace Day ceremony at Korean War Memorial…ROK Hosted Event
For more information please contact Vickie A. Olson Colorado State Veterans Center – (719) 852-5118