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Show Lest We Forget The shooting has firmly ended in Korea, and although many people have been indifferent about the conflict, many others those who have loved ones in the battle area, and those who care about the heartaches and worries wor-ries of others are rejoicing. While the dangers to those at the battle front have ended at least temporarily, everyone is fearful that the fighting may start again, perhaps in some other spot of the world, and that peace has not been reached. What has been accomplished in the Korean war is a question that will not be answered for a long time. Whatever What-ever the result, the price has been high. More than 24,000 American boys have given their lives in a war that could have no definite conclusion. Over 100,000 men have suffered suf-fered wounds, many of them that have resulted in broken bodies that can never be mended. While the rejoicing at the end of the shooting is great, to many homes it cannot mean much, because a son, brother, or father will not return. re-turn. To those who have sons listed as missing in action the waiting is not over. United States forces list 13,285 men as missing in action, and yet the communists report they have only 3,313 American prisoners, and the next 30 to 40 days will be anxious ones for those whose loved ones are "missing". Nearly 10,000 men listed as missing will not return, and as the enemy slowly returns the prisoners, the waiting and anxiety will seem endless. It will be a week before the enemy returns any prisoners, and then they will come back in small groups of only 300 or 400 men each day. It is to be hoped that the sacrifice of the dead, missing and wounded has not been in vain, and that peace can come without further fighting. Above all we hope that Americans in their rejoicing at the end of the fighting will not forget the sacrifices that many have made. |