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From the Shadow into the Spotlight: The Memory and Resilience of the Korean War

Kaminski, Avery John
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555415871236268

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2019, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, History.
The Korean War is often remembered in America's public spaces with the phrase "The Forgotten War." It is also remembered as a war that is overshadowed by the legacy and remembrance of World War II and the Vietnam War. Both forgotten and overshadowed are not accurate words to describe the public or collective memory surrounding the Korean War because there are many places around the country that exist for the purpose of remembering the war. These places include war memorials, monuments, and museum exhibits that feature the bravery and courage the service members exhibited while defending American values abroad. Through a nationwide material cultural study, it has become clear that the Korean War is in fact remembered and has been remembered for a while. Many memorials around the country were built and dedicated in the 1990s, and the planning and design for these began even earlier. Korea was also remembered in the nation's capital with a national war memorial on the National Mall that was dedicated before a memorial for World War II was ever constructed. This thesis is focused on exploring how the war has been remembered and future efforts being put in place to ensure that the memory of the Korean War lives on. These efforts are to ensure that the memory does not fade into the background as white noise like older war memorials like those for World War I.
David Staley, PhD (Advisor)
David Stebenne, PhD (Committee Member)
197 p.
History
Korea, War, Korean War, museum, memorial, military, display, veterans, space, exhibit, objects, National Korean War Museum

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  • Kaminski, A. J. (2019). From the Shadow into the Spotlight: The Memory and Resilience of the Korean War [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555415871236268

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kaminski, Avery. From the Shadow into the Spotlight: The Memory and Resilience of the Korean War. 2019. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555415871236268.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kaminski, Avery. "From the Shadow into the Spotlight: The Memory and Resilience of the Korean War." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555415871236268

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