Death Of The Ultimate Warrior

Bill Speakman was a brave man. In fact it's fair to say that he was a very brave man.

Bill Speakman - VC

He was a holder of the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest award for military valour. He died recently at the age of 91, and his exploits are worth recording especially as he won his VC in the forgotten war in Korea.

Ethiopia's Korean War Heroes

There are some forgotten conflicts and nearly forgotten heroes. The Korean War for example was a strange conflict - fought under UN auspices, it was (as history has now shown), a fight between good or evil. 

 

Korean War - Nearly Forgotten

 

The end result, although a stalemate on some levels, it left 50 million south Koreans to develop into a democratic highly advanced industrial nation, whereas the communist north, has a population of around 25 million, who are purged by starvation, and who live under hereditary 'communist' rulers. These rulers enjoy being worshipped as demi-gods. 50 million saved from this fate has to be deemed a success by any measure.