The Korean War Veterans Memorial , dedicated in 1995, incorporates a dramatic Field of Remembrance in which nineteen life-sized stainless steel combat troops advance across an open field toward the Stars and Stripes. Between 1950 and 1953, almost 55,000 Americans were killed in Korea (with 8000 more missing in action and more than 103,000 wounded). It's an affecting memorial to an often-forgotten conflict. The memorial lists 15 other countries that sent military forces to help prevent South Korea from falling to communism. A plaque at the flagstand proclaims: "Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met."
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