Korean War Monument to the Philippine Armed Forces (필리핀군참전기념비)
This is the Korean War Monument of the Philippine Armed Forces (필리핀군참전기념비). It is located in Goyang City (Goyang-Si), South Korea.
The Philippine Army arrived in Korea in August 1950 to help defend South Korea. North Korea invaded South Korea in June 1950.
UN Forces First Battle Memorial in the KOREA WAR
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Hours and Admission
HOURS OF OPERATION:
9am-6pm (last entrance time: 5pm)
Closed on Mondays, Janurary 1st, Lunar New Year, and Chuseok (autumn) holiday.
Entrance and tours are free.
LOCATION:
Gyeonggi Dae Ro 742, Osan City, GyeonggiDo
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- Korean War Memorial to the First Battle of the UN Forces -
Located at Jukiryeong, Naesammi-Dong, Osan-City, Kyonggi Province, this monument was erected by the kyonggi provincial office on April 6, 1982, The memorial is made of three separate panels rising 19.5 meters high and five bronze figures standing 3.6 meters hight. The three panels symbolize the three positions taken up by the UN forces when they encountered the enemy for the first time in the war. The bronze statues express the ferocity of the first battle.
The Monument was erected in memory of the first battle between the UN forces and the North Korean communist aggressors and symbolizes the hope that the soldiers who perished in the fighting will rest in peace. The UN forces engaged the enemy for the first time on July 5, 1950. Companies B and C of the 1st Battalion, the 21st Regiment of the US 24th Infantry Division, under the battalion command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bradford Smith, and Unit A of the 52nd Artillery Battalion of the same division engaged the enemy in fierce battles for six hours and 15 minutes.
Five hundred and forty US servicemen fought against the 5th Regiment of the North Korean Army, 4th Infantry Division. They killed 127 enemy soldiers and destroyed 6 tanks but suffered 181 dead and a loss of heavy weapons
- Story of the JookMiRyung Battle in KOREA WAR -
On July 5th, the first battle between the United Nations and North Korea took place in the JookMiRyung Valley in Osan City.
When Task Force Smith arrived at 3 am, it was raining hard and they prepared a battle station nearby both the train tracks and road. Division B was placed on the left side of the road, and the Division C was placed on the right side of the train tracks. A 105mm cannon was placed in SooChungRee, at the back of the JookMiRyung valley.
At 7 am, the North Korean tanks begin to appear near Suwon. The battle began at 8:16am when Task Force Smith fired the first shot. Unfortunately, the attack did not impact the North Korean army, as they were led by Russian T-34 tanks.
Around 10:00 am, more North Korean army and trucks—all together about 10 km long—appeared led by 3 tanks.
Task Force Smith begin shooting their mortars and machine guns and many soldiers, both enemy and ally, fell to the ground.
However, after the North Korean army blocked the retreating road of the Smith Army and the tanks pushed into the center of the Task Force Smith force, the defense line collapsed quickly.
After the exhaustion of all their ammunition and force, Task Force Smith decided to retreat at 2:30 PM. Out of 540 total, 150 soldiers and 31 cannon soldiers were either killed or missing in action. By comparison, the North Korean army only lost about 150 soldiers out of 5000.
Despite the loss, this first battle announced the participation of the UN army. Up until this point, North Korea did not think that either the U.S. or UN would get involved. It was also the first military action taken by the UN after their foundation in order to protect liberty and peace.
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About 50 Filipino wartime sex slaves - the so-called comfort women - held a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Thursday.
Wearing black, they played out a silent drama , which depicted their sufferings at the hands of Japanese soldiers during the Second World War.
The women are demanding an official apology and compensation from the Japanese government.
These elderly Filipino women gathered in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Thursday to express their anger.
They demand that the Japanese government recognise their rights as victims of Japanese atrocities during World War II.
They're calling for legal compensation for all the pain they suffered when they were forced to serve as sex slaves for the Japanese Imperial Army.
The former comfort women were all wearing black - the colour of anger.
Historians say about 200,000 Asian women were forced to work in military-run brothels for Japanese troops during the war.
Until several years ago, the Japanese government denied any involvement with the brothels.
Some women have already accepted compensation payments from a private Japanese fund, but most insist that the money should come directly from the Japanese government.
The Japanese government has refused to make any direct payments, saying all such claims were settled by post-war treaties.
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