{"id":1802,"date":"2013-04-30T17:04:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T21:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2013-05-14T17:31:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T21:31:10","slug":"remembering-those-who-served-in-the-korean-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/remembering-those-who-served-in-the-korean-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering those who served in Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2013, we mark the Year of the Korean War Veteran and the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice.<br \/>\nAs a member of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program, I am proud to be part of its Operation Legacy, a group of committed young people who are dedicated to preserving Canada\u2019s military heritage.<br \/>\nThroughout the year, tribute will be paid to the more than 26,000 Canadians who served in the Korean War, including the 516 who gave their lives.<br \/>\nTo learn more about this anniversary and Canada\u2019s role in the Korean War, we encourage the public to view The War Amps vignette, Canadians in Korea, on The War Amps YouTube channel (youtube.com\/warampsofcanada).<br \/>\nProjects like this are part of Operation Legacy\u2019s goal to carry the remembrance message into the future. With the slogan, \u201cIt was their war, it is our legacy,\u201d we pledge to never forget the sacrifices of those who fought for the freedom of South Korea.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nGraham Spero, 17<br \/>\nOttawa<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2013, we mark the Year of the Korean War Veteran and the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. As a member of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program, I am proud to be part of its Operation Legacy, a group of committed young people who are dedicated to preserving Canada\u2019s military heritage. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}