Korean War casualties remembered

AUSTINTOWN

While cars rushed by on Mahoning Avenue, a group of about 70 took time to honor area men killed in the Korean War.

“Every year, about this time, we went to remember them,” said Zeno Foley, commander of the Korean War Veterans Association Chapter 137.

Saturday marked the 61st anniversary of the start of the war.

A laying of the roses ceremony, sponsored by Chapter 137, took place at the Korean War Memorial in Austintown Veterans Park today.

Veterans took turns calling the names of the 120 men from Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties whose lives were lost in the war. As each was called, a bell was rung and a rose placed on the memorial by a family member or other person.

Read the full story in Monday’s Vindicator.