He will go to Korea. Again.
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Bronxville resident J. Robert Lunney, a Navy veteran of World War II who served in the Merchant Marines during the Korean War, is heading to South Korea next week to celebrate National Liberation Day and the 60th anniversary of the Republic of Korea, at the invitation of the government in Seoul.
Lunney served as executive officer aboard the SS Meredith Victory, which braved water mines and artillery blasts to evacuate 14,000 refugees from Hungnam harbor in December, 1950, as it was being overrun by Chinese and North Korean troops in what is considered the largest rescues in maritime history.
A retired lawyer, Lunney was the guest of the South Korean government in May 2005, when he was honored during the dedication of a $1.6 million monument commemorating the rescue.
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