DVIDS - News - Annual memorial ceremony honors Korean railroad workers who fought, died in Korean War

DAEJEON, South Korea -- This year marks the 71st anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
During the war, 19,300 Korean railroad workers were deployed to transport war supplies to the fighting lines, making an enormous contribution with 287 of them making the ultimate sacrifice. After soldiers and police officers, railroad workers made up the third largest number of casualties, according to information from KORAIL, the Korea Railroad Corporation.
To honor the memory of those railroad workers and engineers, Daejeon City’s Dong-gu district held a ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the Korean War Veteran KORAIL Engineers at the district office’s Wind Garden July 15.

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