Korean War Veterans

• ‘They’re still saying thank you’: Korean War veteran on 70th anniversary of Battle of Kapyong

  It was a three-day battle between the communist forces of North Korea and China and the United Nations forces of South Korea, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

  Apr 22, 2021
  
• ‘The great fighting spirit of Canadians’: Why my parents immigrated here after the Korean War

  980 CKNW contributor Jawn Jang shares the story of why his parents decided to move from South Korea to Vancouver in 1994.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2020
  
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• 70th anniversary of Korean War marked with subdued ceremony amid COVID-19

  Wreaths were laid and the call of a single bugle rang out near Parliament Hill this morning as a subdued ceremony was held to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2020
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• Canadian veterans return to Korea for wartime hockey game memorial

  Canadian veterans of the Korean War returned to the site of a lot of memories: the river in South Korea where they once played hockey.

  World

  Jan 19, 2018
• Calgary senior granted wish to meet great-grandkids: ‘I haven’t hugged them and I’m going to’

  A Calgary veteran deserving of one final wish had his dream come true: to travel halfway across the world to meet part of his family for the very first time.

  May 19, 2017