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Samsung Donates $1 Million to National Infantry
Museum and Heritage Park
COLUMBUS, Georgia – September 14, 2006–
Korea-based Samsung announced today it will donate $1 million for
construction of the Korean War Gallery at the new National Infantry
Museum and Heritage Park in Columbus, Georgia.
The museum is being built on 200 acres just outside
the gates of Fort Benning, the home of the Infantry and one the
U.S. Army’s largest training posts. Completion is expected
in early 2008.
The 160,000-square-foot museum will honor the 231-year
history of the American Infantryman, including his mid-century role
in preserving the republic of Korea, halting Communist aggression
and stabilizing the region.
“We decided to support the construction of
the Korean War Gallery to honor the U.S. soldiers who fought for
Korea’s liberty, those who sacrificed their lives, and to
build a stronger friendship between the two countries,” a
spokesman for Samsung said.
Retired Major General Jerry A. White, chairman
for the National Infantry Foundation said the gift is especially
meaningful. “Samsung Group's generous sponsorship of the Korean
War Gallery is not only a major donation for the new National Infantry
Museum project but also represents international support for Soldiers
and the sacrifices they have made for the freedoms our countries
now enjoy,” he said.
MG (Ret.) White and General (Ret.) Edwin H. Burba,
Jr., chairman of the National Infantry Foundation’s National
Advisory Board, will personally thank Samsung for its donation during
an award ceremony hosted by the Korea Society in New York on September
19. At that ceremony, Samsung chairman Lee Kun-Hee is to receive
the Korea Society’s Van Fleet Award for his contribution to
strengthening relations between the U.S. and Korea.
The new National Infantry Museum will tell the
Infantry story from Revolutionary times to the present. It will
include interactive exhibits, simulator activities and a 3-D IMAX
theater.
Heritage Park will feature an authentic World War
II company street, a memorial walk of honor and a 5-acre parade
field for Infantry school graduations, change-of-command ceremonies
and public events.
The mission of the museum is to honor the Infantry’s
legacy of valor and sacrifice, to preserve the artifacts that document
that legacy, and to teach Americans about the true cost of freedom
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