Korean War stories featured 7 p.m. at SteelStacks on Veterans Day
The stories of local veterans from the Korean War are the focus of a special Veterans Day presentation Nov. 11 at SteelStacks, Bethlehem.
“The Forgotten War: Stories from the Korean War,” features first-hand accounts of veterans’ experiences during the war while protecting and serving our nation, as well as a screening of the feature film “Unforgettable: The Korean War.”
The free event takes place at the ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, starting at 7 p.m.
The presentations will also be taped and rebroadcast on PBS39.
Anyone interested in attending the program at SteelStacks can reserve tickets in advance at www.steelstacks.org or by calling the ArtsQuest Center Box Office at 610-332-3378.
This year’s special guests are Richard “Dick” Reider, who was a U.S. Army Corporal; Louis “Lou” Wolf, a U.S. Army Sergeant; and The Rev. William “Bill” Albright, a Communication Technician First Class with the U.S. Navy. The evening will be moderated by Frank Gunter, retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel and head of Lehigh University’s Veterans Association, and include a Q&A with the veterans.
“The Forgotten War: Stories from the Korean War” will also include a Presentation of the Colors by the Steel Battalion ROTC unit and a screening of the 2010 PBS film “Unforgettable: The Korean War.”
The un-won war that never ended, the Korean War was known as the “The Korean Conflict,” a “Police Action” and finally, “The Forgotten War.” No matter the name, the war killed millions of people and affected hundreds of thousands of lives in the United States. “Unforgettable: The Korean War,” produced by Tom Kleespie and Arizona Public Media, is a powerful journey with Korean War veterans as they recall their memories and emotions of the war and of America in the early 1950s, when young men from across the world were shipped off to defend South Korea against the advancing Communist Army.
SteelStacks’ Veterans Day event is presented by Embassy Bank and Phoebe Ministries and made possible through a partnership between Lehigh University Veterans Association, ArtsQuest and PBS39. For more information on the event, visit steelstacks.org.