HD Construction Equipment, veterans ministry unveil Korean War memorial in Ethiopia
HD Construction Equipment has joined hands with the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs to honor Ethiopian soldiers who fought and died during the 1950-53 Korean War, unveiling a memorial wall bearing their names at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The company said it held a ceremony to dedicate the memorial wall at the cathedral on Wednesday, coinciding with the…
HD Construction Equipment and Ethiopia's Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs have collaborated to unveil a memorial wall in Addis Ababa, honoring the 122 Ethiopian soldiers who lost their lives during the 1950-53 Korean War. The ceremony, held at Holy Trinity Cathedral on International Memorial Day for U.N. Korean War Veterans, was attended by HD Construction Equipment CEO Moon Jae-young, Veterans Minister Kwon Oh-eul, and representatives from the Korean Ambassador, Ethiopian defense officials, and surviving veterans.
This initiative, marked by a memorandum of understanding signed in May, marks HD Construction Equipment's commitment to establishing memorial facilities in countries that contributed troops to the Korean War, with the first site being Ethiopia, entirely funded by the company.
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