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A veteran remembers

27-Jul-08

A veteran remembers

Today, 27 July, is the anniversary of the end of the Korean War in 1953 – a war in which millions died, and which only ended with a ceasefire, Korea remaining divided by a heavily guarded border for fifty-five years now. Jennifer Barclay marks the occasion. Peter Poole served in the Korean War as a member of the Royal Military Police, and having met him through the Anglo-Korean Society, I asked if he would share his recollections of that time with me. He was eighteen years old, with two years of national service ahead of him. After eighteen weeks of training at Woking, they were off on the troop ship. Like many of his comrades, he hadn’t heard of Korea before. ‘We ...
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The War Veterans’ Annual Report

28-Jan-08
One of the things I want to do this year is to start to provide a little coverage of the activities and stories of the veterans from the Korean War. Where better to start than a report of the activities of the British Korean Veterans Association over the past year, presented last week to the AGM of the Anglo-Korean Society by their National Chairman, Colonel GM Gadd OBE. The text is reproduced with his permission. Chairman's Report to the Annual General meeting of the Anglo-Korean Society held at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, London, on Wednesday 23rd January 2008 Introduction 1. I am pleased, after an absence of three years, that I am able to attend this AGM to present ...
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