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Council Member Vickie Paladino on her resolution establishing Korean War Veterans Day
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Council Member Vickie Paladino discusses resolution number 279, aimed at officially recognizing July 27th as Korean War Veterans Day.
- Paladino emphasizes the importance of recognizing Korean War veterans, historically overshadowed by Vietnam War narratives.
- She elucidates the technical classification of the Korean conflict as a war, not merely a conflict, underscoring the need for due recognition.
- She urges the United States Congress and the city council to endorse this resolution, highlighting its significance to the committee chairs and members.
- The resolution aims at ending the era of neglect for Korean War veterans and acknowledging their service.
- Paladino mentions the ongoing presence of U.S. military personnel in Korea, stressing the importance of acknowledgment for their service and the need for this resolution's passage.
Vickie Paladino
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Good morning.
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How's everybody?
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I just want to talk a little bit about resolution number 279.
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We're in reducing this to make it a Korean war veteran's day.
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We often talk about Vietnam and the forgotten heroes of the Vietnam War, what we also are forgetting, let me correct, conflict.
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You see, it was never categorized as a war.
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It was always considered a conflict.
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So with that right there, you're not getting the recognition that you deserve.
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So we are calling upon the United States Congress and the city council to recognize our forgotten heroes.
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Of the Korean war.
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And this resolution is extremely important to us, a committee member a committee chair holding and myself along with Genero that we wanna see this July 27th made officially Korean war veterans day.
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No longer to be forgotten.
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No longer to be considered a conflict.
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It was a war whereas we still have, I think it's 38,000 or 28,000 still on the line in Korea right now, serving we have got the largest it is the largest outpost.
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For our servicemen here.
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And it's it's absolutely they need to be recognized, and we gotta go forward with this.
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So again, calling upon everybody to cooperate and make sure that this passes and is again recognized.
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Thank you very much.