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There was no holocaust in the Korean War, and TV news had yet bring scenes of brutality into living rooms.So many war-weary Americans, trying to forget the concentration camps and rations of World War II, paid little attention to the three-year war.
Jim Bredenkamp of Anderson returned to combat in Korea a year after serving in the Army.
He came home to find interest and knowledge in the war limited.
“I was gone for 15 months, and I came back and somebody said, ‘Where ya been?’ And I said, ‘Well, I’ve been in Korea.’ ‘Well, what are you doing in Korea?’ ‘Well, there’s a war going on.’ ‘There is?’ ”
On Tuesday, Bredenkamp joined the U.S. Department of Defense to honor Korean War veterans at the Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home in Anderson. Lt. Col. Timothy Washington handed certificates to 58 veterans to thank them for their service in what many call The Forgotten War.
