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{{cquote|''We inscribe your names in our land with appreciation. We engrave your names on our hearts with love.}} | {{cquote|''We inscribe your names in our land with appreciation. We engrave your names on our hearts with love.}} | ||
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[[Image:UNMCK_plaque.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Entrance plaque to the memorial]] | [[Image:UNMCK_plaque.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Entrance plaque to the memorial]] | ||
The '''United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea''' is located in the South Korean city of Pusan and commemorates the dead soldiers of 16 countries who fell during the [[Korean War]] between 1951 and 1953. It is the only U.N. memorial park in the world. | The '''United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea''' is located in the South Korean city of Pusan and commemorates the dead soldiers of 16 countries who fell during the [[Korean War]] between 1951 and 1953. It is the only U.N. memorial park in the world. | ||
Revision as of 05:55, July 11, 2016
| “ | We inscribe your names in our land with appreciation. We engrave your names on our hearts with love. | ” |
The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea is located in the South Korean city of Pusan and commemorates the dead soldiers of 16 countries who fell during the Korean War between 1951 and 1953. It is the only U.N. memorial park in the world.
Although the United States, France, Norway and Thailand mostly repatriated the bodies of their heroes, 2,3000 allied servicemen are buried in the memorial gardens.
| Nation | Combatants | Killed/Missing in action |
Interred at UNMCK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 8,407 | 346 | 281 |
| Canada | 27,000 | 516 | 278 |
| France | 3,760 | 270 | 44 |
| Netherlands | 5,320 | 124 | 117 |
| New Zealand | 5,350 | 41 | 34 |
| Norway | 623 | 3 | 1 |
| South Africa | 900 | 37 | 11 |
| Turkey | 14,936 | 1,005 | 462 |
| United Kingdom | 56,000 | 1,177 | 885 |
| United States | 1,600,000 | 36,492 | 36 |
| Belgium | 3,590 | 106 | |
| Colombia | 5,100 | 213 | |
| Ethiopia | 3,518 | 122 | |
| Greece | 4,440 | 186 | |
| Luxembourg | 89 | 2 | |
| Philippines | 7,500 | 120 | |
| Thailand | 6,326 | 136 | |
| Italy | 185 | ||
| Denmark | 630 | ||
| India | 346 | ||
| Sweden | 380 | ||
| Total UN Troops | 1,75540,400 | 40,896 | |
| Unknown | 4 | ||
| Non-combatants | 11 | ||
| South Korea | 36 | ||
| Total at UNMCK | 2300 |
