Busan, South Korea, May 27, 2026 (AFP) - French veterans laid to rest in South Korea, decades after war

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2026-05-27

Two French veterans of the Korean War were laid to rest on Wednesday in South Korea, their ashes buried alongside fallen soldiers who had fought with them more than seven decades ago. Warrant Officer Jacques Grisolet and Corporal Andre Datcharry, who died recently in France, were among 37 foreign veterans of the 1950-53 war who have since chosen to be buried at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan. The world's only UN cemetery, located i......

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