Seoul Student Soldiers War Memorial서울학도병참전기념비

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On September 28, 1950, when the South Korean army retook Seoul and advanced north, it gathered student volunteers who had offered to serve in the artillery at Yongsan High School. Of the many students, 341 were selected. They left Seoul on October 20, arrived in Pyongyang the next day, October 21, and were assigned to the 18th Artillery Battalion of the Army's 17th Division. From then until the ceasefire on July 23, 1953, they served at the front, some commissioned as officers and others as core personnel, and 112 of them were killed or went missing. The Student Martyrs' Tower was built by Yongsan High School on October 23, 1956. It honors the 80 Yongsan High School students who served in the artillery, as well as the many other classmates who fought in other military units and gave their youth for their country. The Seoul Student Soldiers War Memorial was built on October 20, 2005, by the Seoul Student Artillery Veterans Association to mark the 55th anniversary of their service. It passes on to future generations the noble sacrifice of the student volunteers who fought to defend "the nation and liberal democracy." The Seoul Student Artillery Veterans Name Monument was built by the same association on October 20, 2015, to mark the 65th anniversary. It bears the names of the 341 student volunteers from Seoul who held a send-off ceremony at Yongsan High School on October 20, 1950, and went to war as artillerymen. Every June and October, the Seoul Student Artillery Veterans Association, Yongsan High School and the Yongsan High School Alumni Association hold a ceremony honoring the student volunteers' devotion to their country.