Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Korea War Memorial

Korean War Monument – Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.

Korean War Monument – Close–up of the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. This features a Canadian soldier, facing toward Busan, Korea, where an identical monument watches over the graves of 378 Canadians in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Accompanying the volunteer are two Korean children, both holding symbols: the girl, a bouquet of maple leaves symbolizing Canada; and the boy, a bouquet of maple leaves and roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea.

Korean War Monument – Dedicatory inscription on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.

Korean War Monument – Private Robert Donald Casey, Royal Canadian Regiment, is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel and is one of the 516 soldiers whose names appear on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa. It was erected IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CANADIAN WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953 AND ON KOREAN PEACE KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957. Private Casey died on December 6, 1951 and is buried in the United Nations Cemetery (Busan), South Korea. Privates Clayton Carl Helm and Robert Alexander Plumb, both serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, died on the same day.

Grave Marker – Grave Marker, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013

Memorial – Canadian Memorial, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013