Return to Korea
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- February
- 26
J. Robert Lunney of Bronxville, a Navy veteran of WWII and Korea, is in Seoul this week for the inauguration of newly-elected South Korean President Myungbak Lee. He’ll also attend the official reception and dinner.
Lunney first met the new president in 2006, when Lee was mayor of Seoul and Lunney was honored for his role in the evacuation of 14,000 refugees from North Korea in December 1950. Lunney served as executive officer aboard the S.S. Meredith Victory, which is credited conducting the largest single-ship rescue operation in maritime history.
The retired lawyer has also twice served as an official observer to U.S. efforts in North Korea to find and recover the remains of American soldiers killed there.
Look for a story about his trip in The Journal News and lohud.com after Lunney returns in early March.
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