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06-24-05, 08:59 AM
Historic Inchon Landing Operation Commemorated
By Lee Jin-woo
Staff Reporter
Hundreds of supporters have come together to promote a project to commemorate the landing, on Sept. 15, 1950 in the country¡¯s western port city of Inchon during the 1950-53 Korean War.
About 200 members of a committee, tentatively named the ``Committee Calling for the Establishment of Incheon Landing Operation Commemoration Project,¡¯¡¯ held a promotion meeting at the Korea Press Center in downtown Seoul yesterday.
``Although only 55 years have passed since the war happened, many people seem to have already forgotten it,¡¯¡¯ said Lee Han-soo, former president of a vernacular newspaper Seoul Shinmun, in a speech during the meeting. ``We should not forget the past since it greatly contributed to the establishment of the democratic and liberal society we live in.¡¯¡¯
The committee plans to have its inauguration ceremony on Sept. 15, marking the anniversary of the historic landing operation in the port city, which dramatically turned the tide of the war, some 40 kilometers west of Seoul, committee members said.
It plans to set up a monument inscribed with the names of all participants in the landing operation, after establishing a Korean War memorial park somewhere in Inchon in the near future.
They said they will hold an international gathering by inviting former and incumbent military personnel from around the world, including Korean War veterans from 16 countries, which then comprised the United Nations allied forces.
Some 450 people active in all walks of life are collaborating to promote the project. Among those who attended yesterday¡¯s meeting were former Labor Minister Lee Hun-ki, Yoon Kook-byung, former president-publisher of The Korea Times, and Choi Dhong-hou. president of the University of Sejong Cyber.
The famous Inchon amphibious landing was staged by the South Korean and U.N. troops under U.S. General Douglas MacArthur.
With the landing, allied forces succeeded in regaining the capital Seoul from the Communist troops on Sept. 28, 1950.
Ellie
By Lee Jin-woo
Staff Reporter
Hundreds of supporters have come together to promote a project to commemorate the landing, on Sept. 15, 1950 in the country¡¯s western port city of Inchon during the 1950-53 Korean War.
About 200 members of a committee, tentatively named the ``Committee Calling for the Establishment of Incheon Landing Operation Commemoration Project,¡¯¡¯ held a promotion meeting at the Korea Press Center in downtown Seoul yesterday.
``Although only 55 years have passed since the war happened, many people seem to have already forgotten it,¡¯¡¯ said Lee Han-soo, former president of a vernacular newspaper Seoul Shinmun, in a speech during the meeting. ``We should not forget the past since it greatly contributed to the establishment of the democratic and liberal society we live in.¡¯¡¯
The committee plans to have its inauguration ceremony on Sept. 15, marking the anniversary of the historic landing operation in the port city, which dramatically turned the tide of the war, some 40 kilometers west of Seoul, committee members said.
It plans to set up a monument inscribed with the names of all participants in the landing operation, after establishing a Korean War memorial park somewhere in Inchon in the near future.
They said they will hold an international gathering by inviting former and incumbent military personnel from around the world, including Korean War veterans from 16 countries, which then comprised the United Nations allied forces.
Some 450 people active in all walks of life are collaborating to promote the project. Among those who attended yesterday¡¯s meeting were former Labor Minister Lee Hun-ki, Yoon Kook-byung, former president-publisher of The Korea Times, and Choi Dhong-hou. president of the University of Sejong Cyber.
The famous Inchon amphibious landing was staged by the South Korean and U.N. troops under U.S. General Douglas MacArthur.
With the landing, allied forces succeeded in regaining the capital Seoul from the Communist troops on Sept. 28, 1950.
Ellie