Puerto Rican and American Korean War veterans visit Korea

푸에르토리코, 미국 참전용사 등 100여 명 초청 방한

A group of Veterans of the United Nations Command who served during the Korean War were invited back to the nation they helped protect.
Special events were held to thank the brave soldiers, and to show them how far the nation has come since they fought for strangers in this strange land.
Cha Sang-mi was with them through the Revisit Korea Program.
A group of Korean War veterans flew halfway around the world to revisit the site of the battlefield they once fought in as teenagers many years ago.

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"It's been over half a century since the Korean War, but the people of South Korea still remember and appreciate the sacrifice these veterans and their families made defending the freedom we enjoy today."

What's special about this visit is that half the veterans and their families on the Revisit Korea Program are from Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island -- five times the size of Jeju Island -- under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
Out of the 61-thousand Puerto Ricans who served in the 65th Infantry Regiment, 756 passed away and a hundred are still missed in action.

But one of them who hasn't stepped on Korean soil for 67 years says he clearly remembers everything about the destructive war and is taken aback by the immense advances Korea has made.

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"The advance and the recuperation that South Korea has made since the war. Because the war was left Korea almost without anything. And they have done an amazing job trying to rebuild and I'm surprised the way they have done this."

The veterans had time to reflect on the war as they paid a silent tribute to honor their fellow soldiers at the Seoul National Cemetery.
They also had a chance to experience Korean culture at an event prepared by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.

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