Hundreds of Korean War veterans, family and dignitaries braved muggy heat Tuesday morning at the National Mall to dedicate a new wall honoring men killed in America’s Forgotten War.
“I think they’re all heroes, every damn one of them,” Wilt Howard, a 92-year-old Marine war veteran, told The Washington Times. “I’m proud we stopped communism for the first time.”
Mr. Howard and his wife Jean, 91, traveled from Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with a group of 39 veterans for the dedication. He served in combat as an artillery chief for 11 months and lost in the war two childhood friends.