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Friday, May 30, 2014

Ohio town's Korean War memorial under fire for blunders

A stone memorial commemorating the Korean War is seen after being unveiled at Ross County Veterans Memorial Park in Chillicothe, Ohio An Ohio monument unveiled this week to Americans who fought and died in the Korean War has drawn calls for it to be replaced because of glaring omissions and historical inaccuracies including images from the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. The black granite slab at Ross County Veterans Memorial Park in Chillicothe, Ohio, has sparked criticism from some families of those killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War because names of locals who died in the fighting were left off a plaque honoring area war dead. Herman Strausbaugh, 81, a Korean War veteran who helped get the memorial built, said he wants to memorial to stay despite the complaints of "nit pickers." "It represents the people that went over there and fought.




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