What is the Green Island White Terror Memorial Park?

Introduction The Green Island White Terror Memorial Park (traditional Chinese: 白色恐怖綠島紀念園區; simplified Chinese: 白色恐怖绿岛纪念园区; pinyin: Báisè Kǒngbù Lǜdǎo Jìniàn Yuánqū) is a memorial park in Green Island, Taitung County, Taiwan to commemorate the victims of the White Terror. Brief History The area used to be the shelter area during the Japanese rule. After martial law… Read More

What is the Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park?

Introduction The Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park (traditional Chinese: 白色恐怖景美紀念園區; simplified Chinese: 白色恐怖景美纪念园区; pinyin: Báisè Kǒngbù Jǐngměi Jìniàn Yuánqū) is a museum in Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Brief History The building used to serve as a military school from 1957 to 1967. It later housed military courts and a detention centre called the… Read More

What is the 228 Peace Memorial Park?

Introduction The 228 Peace Memorial Park (Chinese: 二二八和平紀念公園; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Jī-jī-pat Hô-pêng Kì-liām Kong-hn̂g) is a historic site and municipal park located at 3 Ketagalan Boulevard, Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The park contains memorials to victims of the 28 February Incident of 1947, including the 228 Memorial Monument that stands at the centre of the park… Read More

An Overview of Breathing (A Memorial Sculpture)

Introduction Breathing is a memorial sculpture situated on the roof of the Peel Wing of BBC Broadcasting House, in London. Refer to War Correspondent and Embedded Journalism. Background The sculpture commemorates journalists and associated staff who have been killed whilst carrying out their work. It consists of a 10-metre (32 ft) high glass and steel… Read More

What is the Mortuary Affairs Service (US)?

Introduction Mortuary Affairs is a service within the United States Army Quartermaster Corps tasked with the retrieval, identification, transportation, and burial of deceased American and American-allied military personnel. The Air Force has a similar facility at Dover AFB in Delaware. Until 1991, the army’s mortuary affairs was known as the Graves Registration Service (GRS or… Read More

What is the Commonwealth War Graves Commission?

Introduction The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died during World War I and World War II. The commission is also responsible for commemorating… Read More