Lois Rae Guin, 98, a former US Navy nurse who served on the USS Haven during the Korean War (1950-1953), poses inside a Hanwha Aerospace K9 self-propelled howitzer at the company’s Changwon factory in South Gyeongsang Province on Friday. She was joining an event hosted by Hanwha Group and Korea’s Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, honoring 72 years of the South Korea-US alliance. The event invited 85 Korean War veterans, US military personnel stationed in Korea and their families. (Hanwha Aerospace)

A group of 85 Korean War veterans, US military personnel stationed in Korea and their families pose with Hanwha Group officials at Hanwha Aerospace’s Changwon factory in South Gyeongsang Province, during an event celebrating 72 years of the South Korea-US alliance on Friday. (Hanwha Aerospace) A group of 85 Korean War veterans, US military personnel stationed in Korea and their families pose with Hanwha Group officials at Hanwha Aerospace’s Changwon factory in South Gyeongsang Province, during an event celebrating 72 years of the South Korea-US alliance on Friday. (Hanwha Aerospace)
Korean War veterans, US military personnel stationed in Korea and their families listen to a Hanwha Aerospace official during a tour of the company’s Changwon factory in South Gyeongsang Province on Friday, part of an event celebrating 72 years of the South Korea-US alliance. (Hanwha Aerospace) Korean War veterans, US military personnel stationed in Korea and their families listen to a Hanwha Aerospace official during a tour of the company’s Changwon factory in South Gyeongsang Province on Friday, part of an event celebrating 72 years of the South Korea-US alliance. (Hanwha Aerospace)
Lois Rae Guin (left), 98, a former US Navy nurse during the Korean War (1950-1953), and Robert Max Martinez, 94, a former US Army sergeant during the war, pose inside a Hanwha Aerospace K9 self-propelled howitzer at the company’s Changwon factory in South Gyeongsang Province (Hanwha Aerospace) Lois Rae Guin (left), 98, a former US Navy nurse during the Korean War (1950-1953), and Robert Max Martinez, 94, a former US Army sergeant during the war, pose inside a Hanwha Aerospace K9 self-propelled howitzer at the company’s Changwon factory in South Gyeongsang Province (Hanwha Aerospace)

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