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Title: Veterans return to Korea for closure; through a lottery, some 400 American Korean War vets met in Seoul to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean War's end.(VFW in action)
Publication: VFW Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2003
Publisher: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Volume: 91 Issue: 2 Page: 44(1)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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In the company of 141 veterans, Commander-in-Chief Ed Banas flew to Korea for the 50th anniversary of the signing of the armistice. Of those veterans, he said one-third were VFW members.
When the plane landed in Seoul, Banas said there was a lot of emotion. "Some were actually shaking, and some had tears in their eyes," he said. "No one was loud, they were all humble. They were proud of their service, and, to a degree, at peace with themselves.
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