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Hyosung USA Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina) held an event to appreciate the Korean War veterans on June 22 (KST) in a hotel located in Decatur, Alabama, inviting American ex-servicemen who took part in the Korean War as well as over 30 members of their families. This event was to remember and thank the sacrifice of the US armed forces that made efforts to protect the Republic of Korea by entering the war as the Combined Forces, and it was held for the first time by a Korean company that has entered the US. Alabama, in which Hyosung USA is located, is a state where many ex-servicemen who entered the Korean War live along with the southeastern areas such as Georgia and Florida. Thus, local media and organizations showed a great deal of interest in this particular event.
“I feel rewarded and proud that every drop of blood we had spilled in the past was worthwhile, seeing how a Korean company has entered the US to create jobs in our community,” said H.D. Wilhoit, a Korean War veteran. “I would like to thank the Korean War veterans and their families for their noble sacrifice and dedication in such a poor and unfamiliar land of Korea at the time,” said Lee Jong-bok, Senior Vice President of Hyosung USA who organized the event. “Korean companies could grow into global corporations and build plants in the US all thanks to the protection of the Republic of Korea by the war veterans.” Hyosung USA produces automobile industrial materials locally such as automobile carpets and yarns as well as tire and industrial reinforcements, for which it ranks the top in the global market, and supplies the products to complete vehicle and tire companies such as GM, Goodyear and Michelin.
