70 years have passed since the Korean War broke out. Countless soldiers from allied nations came to Korean peninsula to fight for South Korea at the risk of their precious lives. I remember my mom sadly reminiscing the traumatic scenes that had been deeply engraved in her memory. She said those painful days when she had to step over piles and piles of her dead fellow soldiers in the war zone would never disappear from her heart. Seven decades have passed, but not a single soul of the lost or missing soldiers will ever be forgotten.
Here is an excerpt from the poem titled Forgotten Wars by the Korean War veteran and poet Samuel B. Fielder Jr.
Forgotten Wars
by Samuel B. Fielder Jr.
When we came home, we ran into our
friends.
They’d say “I haven’t seen you for a while.
Tell me, where have you been?”
And went to Heaven we should go
To St. Peter, we would tell
“Just another forgotten warrior, sir
I served my hitch in hell.”
*picture source: https://www.history.com/veterans-stories
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