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The late Sergeant Ha Jung-woo and Moon Kwang-wook received an honorary marine certificate
“You are always 22 and 20 and you remember in the heart of your parents”
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The parents of two Marines who died 10 years ago in the provocation of the North Korean bombing of Yeonpyeong Island became “honorary marines.” In addition, a K-9 (Pojinji) self-propelled artillery award from the Seventh Artillery Company of Yeonpyeong Unit, which bravely fought North Korean artillery fire, will be built as a security exhibition hall.
The Marine Corps Command announced on the 23rd that it had held the “commemoration ceremony of the 10th anniversary of the combat heroes of the Yeonpyeong-do artillery battle” at the Daejeon Prefectural National Center.
On November 23, 2010, the late Sergeant Seo Jeong-woo and the parents of Private Moon Kwang-wook, who died in the provocation of North Korean artillery, were designated as “Honorary Marines.”
Sergeant Seo’s father, Seo Rae-il (61), his mother, Kim Oh-bok (60), and Private Moon’s father, Moon Young-jo (57), and his mother, Lee Soon-hee (54) , they became marines. These parents received an octagonal hat, a dog tag (red dog tag), and an honorary marine certificate from Marine Corps commander Lee Seung-do.
Commander Seung-do Rhee said at the honorary marines’ naming ceremony, “As the Yeonpyeong unit commander at that time, I could never forget today and I will never forget in the future.” They will be remembered as ‘eternal marines’ in the history of the Marine Corps. “
The Marine Corps decided to create and preserve one of the two K-9 awards that responded to the Yeonpyeong-do artillery fire as a security showroom. At the time of the artillery war, there are two weapons positions for the 7th Artillery Company of Yeonpyeong Unit that participated in the counterattack. One of them has been renovated and is used for military purposes.
In the security exhibition hall, which will be designed and built starting this summer and will be completed before the end of the year, exhibits will be installed explaining the progress of the artillery warfare and will preserve projectiles, traces of debris and relics of the dead of North Korea. The exhibition hall is used as a place for citizens and Marines to recognize the bravery of Yeonpyeong’s units at that time.
The memorial ceremony held by Defense Minister Seo-wook was attended by the survivors of the two dead, veterans and active duty soldiers, as well as Naval Chief of Staff Buseok-jong, Commander of the Marine Corps Lee Seung -do, Army Chief of Staff Nam Young-shin and former Marine Corps commanders.
About 100 people, including US Marine Corps Commander Bradley James, Deputy Chief of the National Office of Veterans Affairs Lee Nam-woo, Chairman of the National Assembly Defense Committee Hong-cheol Min, the Commissioner of National Defense and regional agencies attended and commemorated the deceased.
National rites and commemorative videos, flower incense and incense, commemorative keepsake, commemorative dedication and letter reading, commemorative performance and the song of “Palgakmo Man” were seen which the two soldiers sang in order. A commemorative dedication written by Corporal Jeon Jeon Jeon, who works at the Yeonpyeong Unit, was read aloud.
Sergeant Seo’s mother Oh-bok Kim read a commemorative letter containing her longing for her son who had left earlier and silenced the audience. In a commemorative letter that began with “To our dear sons Jungwoo and Gwangwook,” he said, “10 years ago, around 12 o’clock today, ‘Mom, I’m finally going on vacation.’ Even with 22 years and 20 years, they were 10 painful and unfair years remembered in the hearts of our parents.
“Sorry sorry. I’m sorry that I couldn’t get a word of apology for the sacrifices of you, who were killed by the bombing of North Korea, and I’m sorry that the bombing of Yeonpyeong Island has now been forgotten in many minds. It is. really regrettable that this is more and more. I hope that one day your sacrifice will be a world that is never in vain.
After the memorial service, the grieving family and Commander Seungdo Rhee flew to Yeonpyeong Island by helicopter to find the place where the two Marines were killed and comforted the souls of the deceased.
On November 23, 2010, North Korea fired more than 170 projectiles, including 76.2mm flat sand cannons and 122mm radiation cannons, over Yeonpyeong Island and the surrounding seas. The bombardment, which began at the coastal artillery base off the coast of Gaemeori, continued for about an hour twice, killing two Marines and two civilians. There were also 60 injured.
/ Reporter Jeongwook Kim [email protected]
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