Richards Whitcomb News Today

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A special ceremony unveiling a memorial sculpture of Gen. Richard S. Whitcomb, who served in the Korean War (1950-1953), took place at UN Peace Park in Busan, Saturday. Titled "Going to the future together," the sculpture commemorating the US General was created by sculptor Kwon Chi-gyu, 57, who also created a sculpture of Ahn Jung-geun, an independence fighter during the Japanese colonial period, at the Ah...

Recently, General Richard S. Whitcomb was posthumously awarded the Mugunghwa Medal - Koreas highest Order of Civil Merit - in honor of his philanthropic efforts on the peninsula. ...

The Korean Consolidated Mining Company (KCMC) operated mines throughout the peninsula - most of them were at very isolated and inaccessible sites. The most important of these camps...

Recently, General Richard S. Whitcomb was posthumously awarded the Mugunghwa Medal - Koreas highest Order of Civil Merit - in honor of his philanthropic efforts on the peninsula. ...

Recently, General Richard S. Whitcomb was posthumously awarded the Mugunghwa Medal - Koreas highest Order of Civil Merit - in honor of his philanthropic efforts on the peninsula. His role in Busan during the Korean War is well known but when the war ended his service to Korea did not cease. After retiring from the military in 1954, Whitcomb “devoted his life to helping war orphans and excavating the remains of U.S. soldiers.”