Korean War Anniversary

Photo Credit: Mario Lapointe CD

May the 3rd was the 58th Anniversary of the battle for Hill 187 during the Korean War by Canadians who fought in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment.

In marking the Anniversary, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that "The Korean War, like all wars, was marked by both losses and triumphs. One most notable achievement, particularly for Canadians, was the Battle of Kapyong on Hill 677. April 24th, 2011 marked the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong, a battle in which the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry defended the front line against enemy forces that greatly outnumbered the Canadians. The Battle of Kapyong in April 1951 earned the brave Canadians a United States Presidential Citation for their undeniable valour".

A total of 26,791 Canadians served in the Korean War.

Some of the websites which talk about the Korean War are -

www.korean-war.com/canada.html This site provides a good, basic account of the war, and the Canadians action in it.

www.kvacanada.com/canadians_in_the_korean_war.htm The site goes into detail about the Canadian action in the Korean War by the Korea Veterans Association of Canada Inc. It has the awards and medals won by Canadians, and the Wall of Remembrance in Brampton, Ontario.

www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/sub.cfm?source=history/koreawar The website breaks down the war into the battles.

To look at the Remembrance Book of those who died in the war, go to
www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/sub.cfm?source=collections/books/bkorea.

The World Memory Project

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has teamed with Ancestry.com to put the "millions of historical documents containing details about survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution during World War II" on the Ancestry.com website at The World Memory Project at http://www.worldmemoryproject.org/.

Together, the two organizations have created the World Memory Project to allow the public to help make the records from the Museum searchable by name online for free—so more families of survivors and victims can discover what happened to their loved ones during one of the darkest chapters in human history.

Anyone, anywhere, can contribute to this effort; even just one record and a few minutes at a time can make a world of difference to someone.

Getting started is as simple as downloading a free software program and then typing details from a record image into a database that will then become searchable online.

By being part of the World Memory Project, you'll be helping to create the largest online resource of information about individual victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. You'll also be restoring the identities of people the Nazis tried to erase from history, and making sure future generations never forget.

Get started today. The power of truth is in your hands".

The website says that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has gathered more than 170 million pages on 17 million individuals, which include names, dates, locations, conditions, and physical descriptions of victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution.

The database will be available in the late summer or early fall of 2011 at Ancestry.com.