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Pride and Pain – The Korean War, 50 Years Later

John Cullars McCrimmon, of Lincolnton, Ga., crouches by his truck, which bears a Purple Heart license tag and a sticker of the Combat Infantryman Third Award for serving in three wars in the U.S. Army, including the Korean War.
John Cullars McCrimmon, of Lincolnton, Ga., crouches by his truck, which bears a Purple Heart license tag and a sticker of the Combat Infantryman Third Award for serving in three wars in the U.S. Army, including the Korean War. (CREDIT: ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER)

On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean War in 2003, veterans of that war living in the Augusta, Ga., area, recall their experiences, and the legacy of the so-called “forgotten war.” (The Augusta Chronicle)