ALL
ALL FOR
ALL FOR NOTHING? NO IT WASN'T4@ ALL FOR NOTHING. IT WAS GOOD."
THE
THE KOREAN WAR HAS BEEN CALLED THE "THE FORGOTTEN WAR".
THE CONFLICT BEGAN JUST 5 YEARS
4@
AFTER
4@ AFTER
4@ AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR II.
SOMEWHERE
SOMEWHERE IN THE TIMELINE OF HISTORY - THE KOREAN WAR BECAME
LOST BETWEEN HITLER'S DEFEAT AND
VIETNAM.
VIETNAM.
MORE
MORE THAN
MORE THAN 50- THOUSAND AMERICANS DIED AND MORE THAN 7-THOUSAND
ARE STILL4@ MISSING IN ACTION.
EVEN NOW - ALMOST 70 YEARS AFTER
THE
THE
THE CONFLICT BEGAN - NORTH KOREA REMAINS
A THREAT TO SOUTH KOREA AND TO
THE U-S.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH SEVERAL KOREAN
WAR VETERANS AT THE MEMORIAL IN
D-C AND
D-C AND
D-C AND FOUND TO THIS DAY - MANY OF THEM
ARE4@
ARE4@
ARE4@ STILL ASKING...WHY?
STILL ASKING...WHY?
4@
4@ LOUISVILLE MAYOR GREG FISCHER IS 4@
ACCUSTOMED TO CROWDS.
4@
4@ THIS
4@ THIS ONE ISN'T FOR HIM. GEORGE FISCHER SERVED IN THE AIR
FORCE DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
"I WAS INITIALLY A FIGHTER4@
PILOT, AND
THEN I WENT OVER TO BECOME A
BOMBER PILOT AND LIKE EVERYONE
ELSE
AROUND ME WE WERE READY TO GO."@
"WELL YOU KNOW THERE WAS A FEAR.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO
4@ HAPPEN YOU KNOW."
CHARLES MARKING JOINED THE NAVY
4@
IN
4@ IN
4@ IN 1951 - JUST SIX YEARS AFTER
WORLD WAR TWO.4@
IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE HE FOUND
HIMSELF ON A TANK LANDING SHIP4@
HEADED
HEADED
4@
4@ TO
4@ TO KOREA. "WE COULD HEAR GUNFIRE. AT NIGHT
TIME WE'D SEE THE FLASHES OF THE
GUNS OFF ON THE BEACH AND IT WAS
FRIGHTENING AT TIMES YOU KNOW
BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE THERE YOU GOT TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT."
THE U.S. JOINED SOUTH KOREA TO
4@
4@ FIGHT
4@ FIGHT THE NORTH 4@AND CHINA. A GRUESOME WAR COSTING MORE THAN
50
50
50 THOUSAND AMERICAN LIVES - MORE THAN 7
THOUSAND ARE STILL MISSING IN4@
ACTION.
"WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU CAME
BACK
BACK FROM
BACK FROM KOREA? WELL.YOU KNOW REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY WELCOMING. I
JUST CAME BACK, GOT 4@OFF THE SP
4@
AND
4@ AND
AND
AND 4@
4@
4@ WENT
4@ WENT HOME. THERE WAS NOBODY
CHEERING YOU ON AND THANKING YO@
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT YOU KNOW.
LIKE WWII I CAN REMEMBER THAT4@
I4@ WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD OR
SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AND I CAN REMEMBER
THEY HAD4@
BIG RECEPTIONS FOR THE GUYS WHO
CAME
CAME
CAME BACK. IN NEW YORK THEY WERE4@ THROWING PAPERS AND STUFF LIKE
THAT. BUT KOREAN THEY DIDN'T
DO
4@NOTHING LIKE THAT."
NOW - 69 YEARS LATER - THE
CONFLICT IS
REFERRED TO AS "THE FORGOTTEN4@
WAR" AND
THE STALEMATE AT4@ THE 38TH
PARALLEL4@
CONTINUES.
PARALLEL4@ CONTINUES. "I JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE
SHOULD BE
THERE. IT WAS A CONFLICT BETWEEN
4@THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH YOU KW
AND WHY SHOULD WE SEND ALL THESE
PEOPLE OVER THERE AND LOSS
PEOPLE, PERSONELL AND JUST FOR THEIR
CONFLICT
YOU KNOW?
BUT THEY WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME.
IT'S
IT'S
IT'S NOT
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAD A CHOICE IN THE
MATTER ANYWAY RIGHT? THAT'S
RIGHT.4@ GEORGE FISCHER HAS THE SAME
QUESTIONS.
"IT MAKES ME JUST FEEL4@
SORROWFUL.
SORROWFUL.
4@
4@ THE
4@ THE BIGGES4@T THING IS SORROWFU.
WHY
WHY
WHY DID
WHY DID WE HAVE TO DO THAT? WHY DID
THAT
THAT
THAT WAR
THAT WAR INITIATED? AND I THINK I HAD
3 OR 4
3 OR 4
3 OR 4 CLOSE FRIENDS GET KILLED IN THAT 4@
WAR
4@ WAR
4@ WAR AND IT'S JUST WHY DO WE WASTE4@
ALL
ALL
OUR
OUR TIME,
OUR TIME, MEN AND WOMEN ON THESE 4@4@ WARS?
4@4@ WARS? IT'S JUST SUCH A SHAME YOU WALK
AROUND THIS PLACE HERE AND IT
SACRED GROUND BUT THERE ARE
4@
4@
4@ SEVERAL 100 THOUSAND PEOPLE DEAD
FOR OUR
FOR OUR
FOR OUR COUNTRY AROUND HERE. AND I'M STILL4@
ALIVE4@
STILL4@ ALIVE4@ "SOMETIMES YOU WONDER, WHY AM I
STILL ALIVE?"
STILL ALIVE?" 4@
4@
4@ AT
4@ AT WHI4@LE IT MAY BE KNOWN AS TE
4@ FORGOTTEN WAR -
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED ARE
NOT.
NOT.
4@"WHEN
4@"WHEN WE GOT OFF THE PLANE HE? THE
THE
THE WELCOMING WAS THERE. THAT PLACE
WAS CROWDED YOU KNOW AND
CHEERING4@ YOU ON AND ALL THAT. WHAT DID
YOU
THINK OF THAT? IT TOUCHED ME. I
BET IT4@
BET IT4@
BET IT4@ DID."
DID."
"MAKES
"MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. THEY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. IT WASN'T
4@ ALL FOR NOTHING? NO IT WASN'T4@
ALL
FOR NOTHING.4@ IT WAS GOOD."
DURING
DURING THAT CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE FISCHER, HE TOLD US ABOUT
A GOOD
A GOOD
A GOOD FRIEND NAMED JOE WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN A
TRAINING EXERCISE.4@
HIS DEATH HAD AN IMPACT ON
GEORGE -4@
LEAVING HIM WITH THE QUESTION
"WHY HIM
AND NOT ME?"
YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF HIS STORY4@
RIGHT NOW ON THE NEW WHAS 11
APP.
JUST GO TO THE SECTION
"OPERATION GRATITUDE".
THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND ALL
OF OUR
OF OUR
OF OUR COVERAGE FROM THE HONOR FLIGHT AND MORE INFORMATION ON EVENTS4@
LATER THIS
WEEK AS WE COMEMORATE THE 75TH
ANNIVERSARY 4@OF D-DAY THIS
THURSDAY JUNE
6TH.
6TH.