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Koerner Madelyn
Dec 19, 2011
At the soldiers' feet granite slabs represent the numerous obstacles that the men who died encountered in war.
Jones Cody
Dec 19, 2011
It was designed by Frank Gaylord. The memorial depicts 19 American soldiers.
Kirkwood Shomari
Dec 19, 2011
The statues of the Korean War Memorial are representations of a squad on patrol, and the squads are drawn from the different branches of the military.
Goelz Taylor
Dec 19, 2011
The Honor Roll, related to the memorial, consists of a list of all verified personnel that were killed, still listed as MIA, and who were prisoners of war during the Korean war.
Imperiale Mary
Dec 19, 2011
The Pool of Remembrance represents those killed, missing in action, and those held as prisoners of war, are all engraved in stone nearby.
Krenzke Kyler
Dec 19, 2011
To the north of the statues and path is the United Nations Wall, a low wall listing the 22 members of the United Nations that contributed troops or medical support to the Korean war effort.
Goeke JohnMark
Dec 19, 2011
A further granite wall at the south side of the memorial bears the message "Freedom Is Not Free," and the words are inlaid in silver.
Siler Grace
Dec 19, 2011
In the triangle that breaks the granite circle, you will find 19 steel statues of servicemen representing the four military branches (Fourteen are from the US Army, three are from the Marine Corps, one Navy Corpsman, and one Air Force Forward Air Observer).
Shah Saagar
Dec 19, 2011
The Korean War Memorial is 164 feet long and 100 tons of polished granite with more than 2500 photographic images of troops that supported the soldiers fighting the war. All of their pictures are sandblasted onto the wall.
Castaneda Joseph
Dec 19, 2011
The Korean War Veterans Memorial was authorized by Nick Bradbury on October 28, 1986, with design and construction managed by the Korean War Veterans Memorial Advisory Board and the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Compernolle Kaitlin
Dec 19, 2011
The architectural design of this memorial was meant to send a visitor on a solemn journey.
Banco Bridger
Dec 19, 2011
In the south side there are three Rose of Sharon Hibiscus bushes. These are the national flowers of South Korea.
Birndorf Joshua
Dec 19, 2011
The initial design competition for the monument was won in 1989 by a team of four architects. The team withdrew when it became clear that changes would need to be made to satisfy the advisory board and the other reviewing agencies
Nanul Zachary
Dec 19, 2011
In 1995, President Bill Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young Sam dedicated the monument to people who have served in the war.
Curty Alyssa
Dec 19, 2011
The architect who built the monument, Frank Gaylord, was awarded compensation because the momorial was printed on a postage stamp and he never signed away the intellectual property rights.
Sweetman Matthew
Dec 20, 2011
The memorial includes a group of 19 statues that depict soldiers on patrol facing an American flag. A granite wall has a mural of the faces of 2,400 unnamed soldiers with a reading that states “Freedom is not free.”
Shimp Nathaniel
Dec 20, 2011
12 veterans were in charge of where to build the monument.
Lasch Claudia
Jan 1, 2012
The soldiers in the statue represent different ethnic groups including Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, Oriental, and Native American.