'Thanks America': Korean honors fallen US soldiers
Sung-yull Koo, right, the man who initiated the Korean War memorial event Liberty Walk, poses with Korean War veteran Chuck Gaiotti in this photo taken recently. Courtesy of Sung-yull KooHundreds of Koreans, dozens of US military servicemen and women walk 4 kilometers in Seoul in memory of US soldiers who died during Korean War By Kang Hyun-kyung While visiting many different U.S. cities over the past five decades since he arrived in the country in 1967 as a Korean immigrant, Sung-yull Koo, 79, was surprised to learn that Korean War Monuments are almost everywhere. Even small cities and counties, with which Koreans are not familiar, have war memorials in remembrance of the bloodiest war since World War II. As a Korean, Koo said he felt indebted because so many young Americans were killed or wounded while fighting for the freedom of South Korea against the invasion of the communist North. Nearly 5 million people were killed during the war, and 37,000 of them were U.S. troops. Over 9,000 Americans were also wounded. Koo tried to figure out if there was anything he could do to give back
