But even in the worst situation, there was hope. The Korea War was not only the fight throughout Koreans. Many of the soldiers from the other countries helped this war to finish. Because this war was not about winning or losing, it was about to bring peace in this land as soon as possible.
Among the brother countries the Korea had, Turkey sent many soldiers to the war. Even though the soldiers never met or knew the people of Korea before, but to help and save them, young youth sacrificed their lives to Korea. The youth could have lived a better life, if they were not in the war. Make a family with the person oneself loves and to have kids and see them grow.. this could have been the life to the young soldiers. Despite thinking about the future for themselves, the youth took chance to do a meaningful thing. Many of the Turk died that day and few survived.
< Turk & Ethiopian who fought in the Korea War >
The youth that who took part in the Korean War, now is the elders of the country. Who will remember their sacrifice and the great exploits? The past is the past but it is the history that has made who we are now. And we should never forget the memories that made us live in peace that we barely have now. There are some associations and people that try to remember the entire victim who has fought for Korea. But who is the one who really take the moves into action?
Then, here we get to meet Mr. Lee (Man Hee Lee) the peace leader. Above all the thing he has done or what position he is in now, far past 60 years before, he was also a soldier in the Korea War. Like with the others, he fought for his country to keep it safe. He fought with many other men including the foreigners who fought for Korea. During the war, friends and ones who were beside you died. This means that you can never see them again in this world. The bomb is blowing everywhere and people are fighting for their lives. Few have survived and few saw the results of the war. From the results we realize war is a thing that is far from peace, and all the sacrifice is the ones who were in it. War must not happen again because it makes a lot of damage physically or mentally. So Man Hee Lee knows the feeling because he was is there before. With the sorrow of losing a friend and family, Man Hee Lee maintains his opinion that the war must never happen again. This is not only about Korea, but also about this world. Man Hee Lee says, the youth who were sacrificed in the war are pity because they never got the chance to live their own life. Who is going to compensate their lives? Is this even possible with anything in the world? Yes. Even if you have all the money in the world, still you can't make a man live again. Like this, life and this path is important than any other thing in this world. This is why Mr. Lee is shouting for peace, and this is why he is making this happen. A place without war or tears.
During Mr. Lee's peace travel around the world, he has visited Ethiopia and Turkey. Despite with his busy schedule, he had made time to meet the veterans of the Korean War. There he has shown great appreciation to the veterans of the War and understood their sorrow as well. This is peace, and this is gratitude for the men of national merit. The important thing is the true mind of understanding and respecting others. Also this has to come with action also. Who is the real leader of peace? And what can we do to help this happen?
< Man Hee Lee meets the Ethiopian veterans of the Korea War >
mannamvictory.blogspot.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ethiopian_soldiers_Korea1951.JPG
http://www.ataa.org/press/ATAA-Honors-Korean-War-Veterans.html
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