Korean Conflict Veterans Memorial

Korea is often called the Forgotten War, caught between the moral clarity of World War II and the bitter divisions of Vietnam, and its veterans have long felt the neglect that nickname implies. This Vernal monument refuses the forgetting for the Uinta Basin's share of them. The fighting, from 1950 to 1953, was brutal and inconclusive, ending where it began at a line across the peninsula — and the more than 36,000 Americans who died there deserved better remembrance than the country generally gave. Vernal, at least, set down a stone.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Vernal — steps away
  The self-proclaimed Dinosaur Capital of Utah
• Utah Field House of Natural History — steps away
  A dinosaur museum with life-size replicas in an outdoor garden
• Steinaker State Park — 4.2 mi
  A warm-water reservoir popular for swimming in the desert heat
• McConkie Ranch Petroglyphs — 6.5 mi
  Massive Fremont-era rock art panels on private ranch land open to visitors

More markers nearby

• American Mother Veterans War Memorial — steps away
• Men of Courage Monument (WWII) — steps away
• Operation Desert Storm Memorial — steps away
• Spirit of the American Doughboy (WWI) — steps away