Today Is The 60th Anniversary Of The Armistice That Ended The Korean War

It is July 27, 2013 and today is the 60th Anniversary of the Armistice that ended the Korean War. In honor of the day, I visited several Monuments/Memorials dedicated to the Veterans of the Korean Conflict. The cities that were on my Korean War Memorial Tour were Oaklyn, Audubon, Haddon Heights, Haddon Township and Collingswood. I had a huge surprise in Haddon Township when an actual Combat Veteran of the War showed up!

While I was filming at the fourth Memorial, a car pulled up and out stepped the Veteran! He saw me by the Memorial and stopped his car so he could talk to me! As you will see, he walked into the view of the camcorder and started talking about his time in the War!  Totally unscripted, unplanned and impromptu! I was and still am blown away! Very, very, very incredible!

I was initially a bit bewildered because the man who pulled up in the car was wearing a Korea Veteran hat and a Korea Veteran shirt and he appeared to look under 80 and under 70. In my mind I thought he looked way too young to be a Veteran of the Korean War. As it turns out, he is 84 years of age!

Here is my documentary video for the 60th Anniversary:

Here is the url for the above video (in case it does not embed properly): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBOn94Fi__E

Here are photographs of each town ...

Oaklyn:


Audubon:


Haddon Heights:


Haddon Township:


Here I am with Leo Tocco ... one of very few remaining Korean War Combat Veterans in the area:


Collingswood:


I felt it was very important to observe this day and to remember the sacrifices and struggles of those involved in the Korean War ... the Service Personnel who returned home and the Service Personnel who did not return home. We must keep them all in our hearts and in our thoughts.