The Korean War is often called the forgotten war, but Krissy Rutherford tells me she never really learned enough about it to forget it.
"I had heard about it but I think it's something that really isn't mentioned in our culture a lot."
Rutherford is a senior at the University of Rochester, and one of several students taking a Korean War class at the school.
Jin Kim is a freshman in the class.
"I was definitely taught as much as possible by my parents about the Korean War, about what happened."
But, he says, those stories didn't offer him the kind of perspective this class does. Kim says much of his enjoyment of the class stems from the enthusiasm of professor, Dahpon Ho.
"I think Professor Ho had a vision for this class where it's not just listening to lectures or reading from textbooks."
Kim says his teacher incorporates first-hand accounts of the subject material.
Ho organized wreath-laying ceremony on Wednesday, at the Korean War Memorial at White Haven Memorial Park in Pittsford. Students there paid tribute to and engaged with the local chapter of veterans, like Roger Hill.
"It's just so meaningful to me that there are people that really want to know about the Korean War and what we all went through there. When we came home, we got nothing. We just got a train ticket to go home and that was it. So, it really means a lot to be honored and thought about in this fashion."
