This Monument read - For the Brave Sons of Canada you will not be forgotten. This memorial looks over the UN Cemetery in Busan, South Korea and the final resting place for over 11,000 soldiers, including 378 Canadians

For those of you do not know, my Grandfather fought in the Korean War and was part of the heroic stand at Kap'yong where the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. The citation is conferred on units of the armed forces of the United States and of cobelligerent nations, for extrodinary heroism in action agains an armed enemy. The unit must display gallantry, determination, and esprity de corps in accomplishing its mission as to set it apart from and above other units participating in the same campaign.

The only other Canadian unit to be so decorated by the United States Military is Canada's elite special operations unit as part of Joint Task Force 2's mission in Afghanistan from 2001-2002.


For the children...I love this image of these kids, looking at the monument that thanks all UN Nations that came to the aid of South Korea from 1951-1953. Their life, which for the most part does not include the destitute poverty and constant threat of starvation that continues to kill many in the North, is infinitely better because of the UN interevention. IN the Background, you can see the modern buildings and the large cranes, a symbol of continued growth and development in a country that already boasts some of the worlds leading businesses - Samsung and Hyundai to name but a few.