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| Subject: Korean War - The End |
Author: Buddy LST 1126
Date: 7/27/2011 9:21 pm CDT
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Korean War Project Newslette
July 27th 1953 marks the enactment of the truce to end the three years of war in Korea. The truce had been a long time coming. The steps in the process resulted in stretching the war for such a long time. For those
who were in the middle of the fierce fighting of 1953, it could not come quickly enough.
The toll of the last months of the war was steep in life and limb. The same date also marks the beginning of a very unsettled truce that has reached across many decades. Violence and intrigue have been commonplace.
The period from 1966-1969 became known as the "2nd Korean War". Incidents that have threatened the fragile truce have continued to include two of the more well-known: the "Blue House Raid of January 1968" and the "Tree Trimming Incident of August of 1976" The tunneling episodes, dating from 1968 through 1990 plus many dozens more, serious
incidents have shown how fragile the truce has been.
Most recently, two major incidents almost brought the two Korea's to the brink of all-out war while the whole world anxiously awaited the outcome.
The rebuilding of what has become The Republic of Korea commenced shortly after the end of hostilities. The ROK has become a vibrant social and economic engine on the world stage.
Each year, veterans who served in Korea during the Fifties or later, make the journey to South Korea as part of personal quests to more fully understand their individual roles in the war or as peace-keepers.
(Too many have forgotten, some know nothjing of this war, and that is a shame.) |
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Jim Craven |
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On May 21, 2005 a monument was unveiled in Seneca, Illinois, dedicated to all the workers, who built 157 LSTs at the Seneca “Prairie Shipyard” as well as all those who served on any LST during World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam. The monument contains seals of the US Navy, the US Coast Guard, the British LST Association, and the sponsoring organization, the Illinois LST Association.
The monument contains a sculpture of an LST on top of the gray marble center section. On the two flanking black marble sections are etchings of an LST being launched, an LST beached and unloading its cargo of tanks, and a woman shipyard welder. On the sides of the black sections all 157 LSTs constructed at Seneca are listed The monument stands in Crotty Park in Seneca, on property adjacent to the old Chicago Bridge and Iron shipyard.
Approximately 500 people from all over the country and Great Britain attended the dedication. After the dedication, approximately 200 of those in attendance gathered together for a catered lunch.
About 27,000 people worked at the shipyard during World War II. A number of those and/or their descendants attended the ceremony. They are rightly proud of their contribution to the war effort, as is the city of Seneca, Illinois, the home of the “Prairie Shipyard”.
During World War
2 there were 1051 LST's (Landing Ship Tank) built to carry
troops and supplies to American and Allied troops fighting
in Europe and the Pacific theaters. When WW2 ended most of
the LST's were scrapped, modified, or given to Navies of
other countries. Some remained in service and saw action in
Korea, Viet Nam, and even the Cuban Blockade.
A few WW2 type
LST's remain in service today, but not in the USA.
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