| The United Nations Cemetery |
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| Since the cemetery's inception, various buildings and monuments have been put up within the cemetery itself. There are two Turkish Memorials, a Greek Memorial in the symbolic area, and the Commonwealth Memorial Monument in the grave area. This monument is of Australian origin and commemorates the 386 fallen who served in the Commonwealth Forces. |
| The names of each that died while in service to the commonwealth are inscribed, with their name and rank, and listed under their country of origin. |
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| On this memorial are inscribed the names of men from Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa who fell in the Korean War and have no known grave. They died with men of other countries fighting to uphold the ideals of the United Nations |
| A close-up of the inscribed names reveals a family namesake... to be explored at a later date |
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| The last place we visited was the green area. This is where the Korean Memorial Monument stands, showing all sacrifices (37,897) of the UN forces. The monument itself is massive and there is an engraved plaque for each country that was represented. The plaque for the United States showed 33,870 deaths from all four branches of the service. It was very sobering to see. |
| A quiet path took us to the Korean Memorial Monument |
| In memory of those members of the United Nations Forces who gave their lives in the Korean War 1950 - 1953 |
| We caught the bus back to Somyon. Bus #93 dropped us off in front of the Lotte Hotel. What took us three hours to get there on foot was accomplished by bus in less than 30 minutes. Nothing like learning the hard way. We found a Korean restaurant and celebrated the day we had. It was an exhausting day both physically and mentally, but I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Reminders of the past often make us thankful for what we have in the present. I hope that we all remember... |
| The long, bumpy ride home |
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