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No Gun Ri Peace Park

Type: Physical memorial
Location: No Gun Ri
Country: South Korea

Added: 8/27/2013 12:48:47 AM
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No Gun Ri Peace Park
The Memorial Tower in the No Gun Ri Peace Park, with its three- and two-dimensional depictions of the refugees of 1950, and two arches representing the No Gun Ri tunnel entrances. The 29-acre park, adjacent to the massacre site in Yongdong County in central South Korea, opened in October 2011. It also contains a museum and a peace education center.
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The Memorial Tower in the No Gun Ri Peace Park, with its three- and two-dimensional depictions of the refugees of 1950, and two arches representing the No Gun Ri tunnel entrances. The 29-acre park, adjacent to the massacre site in Yongdong County in central South Korea, opened in October 2011. It also contains a museum and a peace education center.

More about this massacre in the Korean War: The Massacre at No Gun Ri: Army Letter reveals U.S. intent by Charles J. Hanley and Martha Mendoza. The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

 

POSTED BY JON BRUNBERG ON 8/27/2013 12:48:47 AM

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