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34. BUSAN (2018)
The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea honors the fallen from 21 U.N. countries who participated in the Korean War from 1950-1953. The United Nations Command established its central cemetery in Busan, Korea in mid-January of 1951. It is the only U.N. memorial cemetery in the world. From 1951 to 1954, approximately 11,000 dead soldiers of the U.N. Forces were buried, and a portion of them returned home (all of Belgians, Colombians, Ethiopians, Greeks, Filipinos & Thais; most of Americans, some of Frenches and Norwegians).
Now here lie 2,300 bodies of soldiers: 281 Australians, 378 Canadians, 44 Frenches, 117 Hollanders, 34 New Zealanders, 1 Norwegian, 36 Koreans, 11 South Africans, 462 Turks, 885 British, 36 Americans, 4 unknown soldiers & 4 noncombatants.
This serene park spreads across a grassy plain area of 135,000 square meters, with flags of each of the 21 U.N. nations. Some notable sites and memorials include: Memorial Service Hall, Memorabilia Hall, two Turkish Monuments, the Greek Monument, the Australian Monument, the British Common Wealth Monument, and two ponds. There is a Wall of Remembrance with the engraved names of the 40,896 United Nations casualties (killed and missing) of the Korean War on 140 marble panels.
See photos of the Memorial and videos of the veterans at https://koreanwarmemorials.com/memorial/united-nations-cemetery-busan-south-korea/
South Korea was my country #25. I traveled to Busan from September 21, 2018 to September 22, 2018.