CPL Robert Sicka

This travel bug is on a mission; TO VISIT AS MANY KOREAN WAR MEMORIALS as possible.

SO in MY DADS honor -- I wish for this travel bug to visit as many memorials as possible -- and also maybe even go to Korea for a visit before returning home. Once the bug has been making his rounds and made it back to where I am, I plan to take it and place it at my fathers grave as a memorial to him and others that served our GREAT COUNTRY.

During the Korean War 33,665 Americans were killed in action, 3,275 died from non-hostile causes, 2,134 were wounded in action in 103,284 incidents. A total of 1,789,000 American service members served in the Korean theater during the Korean War from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953. There are still 8,176 American service members Missing In Action (MIA).
From 1950 to 1953, the United States joined with United Nations forces in Korea to take a stand against what was deemed a threat to democratic nations worldwide. At war's end, a million and a half American veterans returned to a peacetime world of families, homes, and jobs - and to a country long reluctant to view the Korean War as something to memorialize. But to the men and women who served, the Korean War could never be a forgotten war.
The passing of more than four decades has brought a new perspective to the war and its aftermath. The time has come, in the eyes of the Nation, to set aside a place of remembrance for the people who served in this hard-fought war half a world away. The Korean War Veterans Memorial honors those Americans who answered the call, those who worked and fought under the trying of circumstances, and those who gave their lives for the cause of freedom.

You see -- my dad served in Korea. He was with 8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT While he did not die while serving he did receive the PURPLE HEART twice (Detail of Casualty=SWA/Seriously wounded in action by missile) and also received the SILVER STAR. Since his passing -- I was able to obtain his KOREAN WAR SERVICE MEDAL which was issued 50 years after the war and finally awarded to these servicemen and women..

I would have loved to take my dad to the memorials and talk to him about the war and how he received his medals, but he was a quiet man who did not talk of the war. Seems that this is pretty normal for men of that generation.


Here are a couple of links to KOREAN WAR MEMORIALS--
if you can not find one in your area.

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( I do not think they are complete lists -- so if you have one in your area -- contact the webmasters if the following pages -- I am sure that they would appriecate it.)


If you want to see more about the men that served in the 8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT. Here is link to that division. (visit link)
Many thanks to Carl Moreland for his help in obtaining the information required for the Korean War Medal.


Other web sites :

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