Defense POW Annual Meeting 2025

Phil O’Brien, long time friend of the Association, spoke at the 2025 Defense POW Annual Meeting in August 2025. Here is a link to the videos. Scroll to 2025 Korea/Cold War Annual Government Briefings Day 1 Part 5. Phil begins at 1 hr 2 minutes. His talk is continued in Day 1, Part 6.
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Korean War Peace Ambassador Medal

My name is Ben Chon, a Korean Chaplain at VA hospital in PA. Korean War POWs helped Korea to survive the War and laid the foundation for Korea’s success today. I would like to honor them with the AMBASSADOR OF PEACE medal from the Republic of Korea. I would like to explore the possibility of reaching out to the families and to help them apply for the medal. All Korean War Veterans, living or...
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Republic of Korea Ambassador For Peace Medal

The Ambassador For Peace Medal, from the Republic of Korea, is a commemorative medal from the government of South Korea. In the past it was awarded to those veterans of that war who choose to return to South Korea on a revisit. Now it is available to all who served in Korea during the Korean War. Next of kin can also request this medal. To learn more, use this link: ...
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Civilian Tiger POWs

The civilian group with us in captivity were not turned over to the Chinese like we were, with one exception: Kiyohito Tsutsui, a Japanese National who was KP for an artillery unit. He came to Korea with that unit and was captured with us.  He was called “Mike”.  When we were turned over to the Chinese all the Officers went to the Officers camp as did Mike. Mike was repatriated at the...
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Tiger Survivor Facts


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Beyond the Bridge of No Return: Legacy of a Korean War Veteran

The Koreqn War Legacy Foundation produced a documentary titled “Beyond the Bridge of No Return: Legacy of a Korean War Veteran.” which features P.O.W. Arden Rowley and his great grandson, Cayden Sherwood. They went to Korea last July for the filming of the documentary. It is very well done. It may be seen on the following website https://vimeo.com/259922639/b28b4aa3c1. DVDs will be...
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