Sydney honours Korean War veterans
CBC News
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 4:34 PM AT
Last Updated: Jul 27, 2012 5:23 PM AT
Korean War veteran William Hebner with legion honour guard at a memorial ceremony Friday in Sydney, N.S. (CBC)Sydney, N.S. hosted a ceremony Friday honouring Canadian soldiers who served in the Korean War.
Friday marked the 59th anniversary of the end of the war.
Veteran William Hebner was 20 years old when he served in Korea and said it was important for him to be at the ceremony. He said the early days of the war were exhausting and soliders spent seven months struggling to push back the Communist forces that had invaded South Korea.
Korean War memorial in Sydney, N.S. (CBC)"It was very bad…just moving and shooting, moving and moving and moving."
While promptly decorated by both the United Nations and Britain for their service, Canada's 26,791 Korean veterans were not awarded a Canadian medal until 1991.
Before that year, the Korean War was classified in Canada as a "police action".
More than 500 Canadians died in the war and close to 1000 were wounded.
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