It can be easy sometimes to forget about all of the people across the world - especially in Asia - who've helped maintain the peace - and who need to be recognized:
A Filipino Army soldier based in South Korea was recently awarded the Six Star Salute medal by the United Service Organizations, Korea (USO Korea), a group of American and Korean businessmen, for his exemplary service with the United Nations Command (UNC) there.Read more down at Global Nation.
The Department of Foreign Affairs, quoting a report from the Philippine embassy in Seoul, identified the honoree as Technical Sergeant Megazar Obra, a member of the Philippine Honor Guard at Yongsan Base in South Korea.
Also awarded were other enlisted men from the US, South Korea and Thailand.