Grandfather’s Order of Merit for Geumhwa Rangmu, who suddenly died of pancreatic cancer in his old age, was born in 1933 and had nothing to eat. He volunteered to join the Army 6th Division Cheongseong Unit in April 1950.Grandfather and I were 60 years apart in battle. Two months later, the 6.25 broke out in battle. He fought the People’s Army. If he ran away from here, he was scared, but he was not able to fight near the Amnokgang River. He promised a battalion commander and a regiment commander, but he told me after drinking makgeolli that the war situation was urgent, and that the three Chinese divisions he met at Yongmunsan Mountain during his lifetime were tough because they were evil, but he followed the name of Hwacheon Reservoir to the end. A few months ago, I looked up the Internet and found a Defense Ministry site that looked for the Order of Merit, so I went to my grandfather’s hometown and contacted him to see that it matched my grandfather’s military number.I left it at my grandfather’s house a few days ago, and now he’s showing it off instead of my late grandfather…
If you have a family member who has not been awarded a medal even if he is a Korean War veteran, please search for the main character of the Order of Merit by 22 years on the PDF page. There wasn’t much information at the time. Military number, your name and how far you’ve come…