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Oregon Korean War Memorial


T Oregon Korean W Memorial memorial located Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. Completed 2000, honors Oregon soldiers Korean people Korean W. T memorial located within 5.5 y p features 109--g granite includes names those Oregonians listed missing .

Fundraising memorial Oregon began 1996, forty-three years after ceasefire agreement ended Korean W. Designs memorial approved October 14, 1996, y y Wilsonville p T Center P. A groundbreaking ceremony My 8, 1998, project included visitors' center y p memorial. T visitors' center p partly y Clackamas County. Plans called -lined plaza honored 287 soldiers Oregon lasted 1950 1953, honor almost million Koreans . M memorial p y fundraising private donations, Oregon Korean W Veterans Association raising $50,000 y construction began.

Hyundai Semiconductor America donated US$100,000 project January 2000, while other funds $450,000 memorial raised local companies residents, including nearly $70,000 Korean-Americans. A total $110,000 raised y donations individuals, while South Korea donated $50,000. O September 30, 2000, Oregon Korean W Memorial officially dedicated ceremony attended y Korean dignitary Oregon politicians state supreme court justice George V Hoomissen state senator J L. Sixty thousand Oregonians fought Korean W, 287 killed.

I 2002, vandalism memorial installation security cameras. I J 2006, fifteen- extension added granite thank Korean community their support building monument. Former South Korean President K D-jg visited memorial April 2008.

T memorial includes 500--g p built concrete curves length memorial 5.5 p. T p lined y cherry trees, passes granite . T focus memorial, includes names 298 Oregonians killed listed missing action . M Carnelian granite, originally 94 long, 15 added 2006. I front 12-- brick terrace spans entire length . Bricks plaza imbedded names those donated memorial.

Other features include flags U.S., South Korea, Oregon, United Nations, POW/MIA; water fountain, bronze plaques engraved y dates events . T flags flown 30- flagpoles. I addition memorial, p includes 5,000 square- visitors' center built $1.5 million.

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