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  • Sincerely Fallbrook: A Veteran of the "Forgotten War" remembers

    Tom Pfingsten, Special to the Village News|Updated Nov 11, 2021

    On a brick wall downtown hangs a modest engraving dedicated "to all Korean War Veterans." This is the Fallbrook Veterans Honor Roll, where a mosaic of plaques pay tribute to the men and women who survived America's wars, and beneath the Korean War dedication is a reminder of that conflict's regrettable title: "The Forgotten War." Several branches of a bougainvillea vine have grown over this side of the memorial. "Forgotten" is a word to haunt those who have suffered and...