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LAWRENCE KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL

LAWRENCE KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: MEMORIAL DRIVE-UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CAMPUS

City: LAWRENCE

State: Kansas

Zip Code: 66045

Access: Private

Wars Commemorated: KOREAN WAR

Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

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


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