This is The North East | CommuniGate | Durham & Cleveland Branch [BKVA] Feedback Home Page Branch Activities Membership Newsletter Roll of Honour Branch Officers 'The Land of the Morning Calm' A War of Words The Korean War. (1950-1953) LADIES SECTION Branch History REVISIT TO KOREA The Founders NORTHUMBRIAN HERITAGE THE NORTH EAST AREA. The Netherlands FORGOTTEN HEROS HONORARY MEMBERS THEN AND NOW. VILLAGE IN THE NORTH. ANGEL OF THE NORTH IFKWVA & KVA JUNE 1950 KOREA WAR AND KOREA SERVICE VETERANS BOOK. IN MEMORIAM. KOREAN WAR. NORTHUMBRIAN RECIPES KOREA THE AFTERMATH CHAPTER 299 MASSACRE OF POWs. THE HILLS OF KOREA Links for British Korean Veterans - Durham & Cleveland Branc Message Board Guestbook Mail Form Please give your interest in Korea, Resgiment/Service/ Relative/etc. Please leave Email address if reply needed  Results Korea Today Returning to Korea was to be a memoriable experience. I remember the original journey taking six weeks, now ( 1989 ) 20 hours. We flew over the icefields of Greenland, the frozen wastes of Canada to Anchorage Alaska to refuel and spend two hours in the airport terminal.Then on to Kimpo airport and bus to Seoul. Such a differerence from the devastation I remembered. ( The Flight today takes 12 hours or less ) To be welcomed by the appreciative people of Korea, who were to subsidise our stay in the " Land of the Morning Calm." To be able to visit the Memorials they have erected to those who had given their lives for their homeland. To be able to look into the DMZ and North Korea beyond and visit some of the old battle areas, and the United Nations Cemetery at Pusan. Remembering the last time we were there to say goodbye to the lads we left behind. For those plots in that far off country of Korea. Will always be: " A corner of a foreign field-Forever England" THE AEGUKGA. THE WORDS OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. Rose of Sharon, thousand miles of range and river land! Until the East Sea's waves are dry and Mount Baekdu worn away, God watch over our land forever, our nation eternal! Like a Mount Namsan armored pine standing on duty still, Wind or frost, unchanging ever, be our resolute will. In autumn's arching evening sky, crystal and cloudless blue, Be the radiant moon our spirit, with such a will, such a spirit, loyalty, heart and hand, Let us love, come grief, come gladness, this our beloved land! Rose of Sharon, thousand miles of range and river land! Let us love, come grief, come gladness, this our beloved land! OUR COMRADES "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." PANMUNJON WHERE THE BAMBOO CURTAIN STILL EXISTS. On the table the microphone cables mark the border. THE IMJIN MEMORIAL The Gloucester Valley U.N. CEMETERY The Union Flag flies alongside the flags of all other nations who answered the United Nations call. The British plot A Korean lady lays flowers on a British grave. THE COMMONWEALTH MEMORIAL The Memorial to the men of the Commonwealth who have no known grave.  Email page  Feedback  Home Home Page |Branch Activities |Membership |Newsletter |Roll of Honour |Branch Officers | 'The Land of the Morning Calm' |A War of Words |The Korean War. (1950-1953) |LADIES SECTION |Branch History |REVISIT TO KOREA |The Founders |NORTHUMBRIAN HERITAGE |THE NORTH EAST AREA. |The Netherlands |FORGOTTEN HEROS |HONORARY MEMBERS |THEN AND NOW. |VILLAGE IN THE NORTH. |ANGEL OF THE NORTH |IFKWVA & KVA |JUNE 1950 |KOREA WAR AND KOREA SERVICE VETERANS |BOOK. IN MEMORIAM. KOREAN WAR. |NORTHUMBRIAN RECIPES |KOREA THE AFTERMATH |CHAPTER 299 |MASSACRE OF POWs. |THE HILLS OF KOREA |Links for British Korean Veterans - Durham & Cleveland Branc |Message Board |Guestbook |Mail Form