LAWRENCE KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL

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THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE CONFLICT THAT BEGAN ON JUNE 25, 1950 WHEN NORTH KOREAN MILITARY FORCES CROSSED THE 38TH PARALLEL AND LAUNCHED A MASSIVE INVASION OF SOUTH KOREA. PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN COMMITTED U.S. MILITARY FORCES TO THE DEFENSE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. THE SCULPTURE IS FOUR ENTWINED CRANES, A SYMBOL OF PEACE SEE ALSO-LAWRENCE KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A & B

Location

Address: MEMORIAL DRIVE-UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CAMPUS
City: LAWRENCE
State:
Zip Code: 66045

Details

Memorial Type: Contemporary War Memorial
Access: Private
Wars Commemorated: KOREAN WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.
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