Heroic Sculpture At The War Memorial of Korea

Realist sculptures are great. Bigger than life, maybe on a pedestal, gesticulating at something. At the War Memorial of Korea there are a few sculptures showing Big Men doing Heroic Things. Just look at the lunging, the flexing, the hugging. Yes, they hug.

Here's the Statue of Brothers. Love in time of battle.

Quick loading a gun while getting your lunges in. Double win! Yelling or about to catch a raisinet.

Serious footwear, boots and spats.

Keeping a brother away from the chow line that's serving bad fish. Sizing up the enemy. Or watching a boring tennis match. 

Lunging for a Mardi Gras throw.

The War Memorial of Korea

Big museum, big events, big history, big equipment. There's no shortage of things to see at the War Memorial of Korea.

Plenty of room in the pool for a full sized Chamsuri class patrol boat. Just don't ask to turn it around.

Hyunmoo I missile, piercing a baby blue sky. A view inside the memorial, re-creating ground and air war.

A wall of memories. Moving.

At an exhibit's beginning, showing the communist drum beating to war. American artillery in action.

The memorial traces Korea's armed forces to the present day. Recruiting through snazzy uniforms.

Memorial sections. A dome with mosaic murals and a detail of the expansive commemorative plaques. James' father, who was from Maryland, served in Korea.

The future meeting the past, school kids touring some deadly toys.