Korean War Memorial Remembrance Wall Has Hundreds of Misspelled, Missing Names: NYT

The Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance, found on the National Mall, opened last summer: a black granite tribute near the Lincoln Memorial, etched with the names of thousands of soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. But according to Hal and Ted Barker, two brothers who live in Dallas and run the Korean War Project, around 1,000 of the names on the memorial are misspelled, and another 500 are missing. The Barker brothers run the Korean War project from a two bedroom apartment. According to Ted, they began learning about the Korean War to better understand their father, a Marine Corps Pilot officer who served in the conflict. “My brother started in 1979 to try and figure out what made our dad tick,” Ted said. Their dad didn’t speak much about his time overseas. So as the brothers researched his past, they also collected thousands of stories and information over the years, from other service members — creating a database for families of veterans to reference. The project, according to its website, has been online since 1995, making it “the oldest continuous website in the Dallas area.” “This is a book that we, I, created that has the actual
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