The stories of local veterans from the Korean War were the focus of a special Veterans Day presentation Nov. 11 at SteelStacks, Bethlehem.

“The Forgotten War: Stories from the Korean War,” featured firsthand 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 presentations were taped and will be rebroadcast on PBS39.

This year’s special guests were 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.

Reider, of Steelton, served in the U.S. Army for approximately two years. A graduate of Keystone College, he was an engineer for Air Products for 42 years. After retirement he worked for AARP as a classroom driving instructor. An active 88-year old, he plays golf twice a week and works out at the Air Products gym three times a week.

He lives in the Terrace at Phoebe, Allentown, with his wife, Joan. He has two grown children, Richard and Annette.

Wolf, of Northampton, served in the U.S. Army, then was an educator for more than 30 years.

A graduate of East Stroudsburg University, he taught and coached at Parkland, then returned to his alma mater Northampton High School until he retired as athletic director.

A field and athletic scholarship are named after him. Wolf lives at the Terrace at Phoebe, Allentown, and survives his wife Elsie.

They have two grown daughters, Jane and Kathy, both educators.

Albright, of North Catasauqua, served in the U.S. Navy for eight years after which time he worked as a fabricator. In 1967, he attended the Lancaster Theological Seminary where he received his Master of Divinity degree.

Recently retired, he served the United Church of Christ for more than 30 years at churches throughout Eastern Pennsylvania.

He and his wife Phyllis live at the Terrace at Phoebe, Allentown, and have two grown children, Kathy and Dale.

The evening, moderated by Frank Gunter, retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel and head of Lehigh University’s Veterans Association, included a question-and-answer session with the veterans.

The “unwon” 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.