I have driven by this Memorial several times since I have been here so this morning I took the camera and went to visit it.
The Memorial is in Overland Park, KS and commemorates the service and sacrifice of those who served in the armed forces from 1950 to 1955. It was dedicated in 2006. An inscription on the marble wall says: Kansas honors her uniformed sons and daughters who answered their country's call to defend a country they did not know and a people they had never met. There were 628,833 UN soldiers who were killed in action during the conflict.
American Casualties
36,940 Killed by enemy action
103,200 Wounded
8,176 Missing in Action
7,140 Prisoners of War
2,701 Died in captivity
In addition to this rock hill containing a waterfall, they is also another large rock hill behind this one. According to a plaque: The Korean landscape in the early 1950s was rugged terrain with numerous rocks and boulders. Major battles were fought on rocky Korean Hills resulting in many killed and wounded. The rock hills you see here are a representation of those in Korea at that time.
These 38 Pylons represent the 38th Parallel which was of major significance in bringing about the truce that ended the Korean Conflict and still divides North and South Korea.
This larger-than-life statue is of a solider mourning his combat buddy. The helmet under his hand is resting on a rifle.
Nicely done Memorial commemorating a time we don't hear much about!
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