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South Korea: Burial of the Ashes of a French War Veteran of the Korean War · Global Voices

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Members of the French Navy's Vendémiaire frigate carried the portrait and remains of Serge Archambeau during an burial ceremony at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan (south), according to the same source. During this ceremony, the French business officer in South Korea, Michel Miraillet paid tribute to Serge Archambeau, in a speech to South Korean military and political leaders and the UN. "We salute his courage and honour his memory.…

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More than 3,000 French fighters participated in this conflict between 1950 and 1953 within the French Battalion of the United Nations.

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Members of the French Navy's Vendémiaire frigate carried the portrait and remains of Serge Archambeau during an burial ceremony at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan (south), according to the same source. During this ceremony, the French business officer in South Korea, Michel Miraillet paid tribute to Serge Archambeau, in a speech to South Korean military and political leaders and the UN. "We salute his courage and honour his memory.…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Serge Gabriel Archambeau, a French soldier who fought in the Korean War, has been laid to rest at the UN Memorial Cemetery in Busan, fulfilling his dying wish. Deployed to Korea in 1951 and having experienced the battles of the Iron Triangle, he continued to honor the sacrifices of his comrades through his activities with the Veterans Association even after returning home. His last will and testament, in which he called Korea his second homeland…

(Busan=Yonhap News) Reporter Son Hyung-joo = The late Serge Gabriel Archambeau, a French Korean War veteran who called the Republic of Korea his second homeland...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Serge Archambeau, who was a volunteer in the Korean War, had asked to be buried in South Korea. His ashes were welcomed in Busan, in... Read more A French veteran of Korea now rests on South Korean soil appeared first on Le Singulier.

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Saturday, October 31, 2026.
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