General John B. Coulter Statue존비코올터장군상

About

This statue of General John B. Coulter stands opposite the statue of General Eulji Mundeok at the rear entrance of Seoul Children's Grand Park. It was erected in Itaewon in October 1959 in recognition of his efforts to rebuild Korea, which had been devastated by the Korean War, and was moved to Seoul Children's Grand Park in 1977. General John B. Coulter (1891–1983), deputy commander of the U.S. Eighth Army during the perilous Battle of Pohang in the Korean War, took command of I Corps when the war broke out in 1950 and, resuming operations as part of the Eighth Army, played a major role in halting the North Korean advance. In September, he led supporting units for the counteroffensive against North Korea. After retiring, he served from 1952 to 1958 as head of the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency, overseeing the spending of more than 200 million dollars on Korea's reconstruction.