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2IDA Korea Revisit 1017 Brochure 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION KOREA REVISIT 21—27 OCT 2017 Korean War Veterans & family members, The KVA, Korea Veterans Association, (Seoul) started the program in 1975 which is now hosted by the MPVA, Ministry of Patri- ots and Veterans Affairs, by providing Kore- an War Veterans and their families free hotel accommodations, bus tours of Seoul, In- chon and the DMZ, and all meals in Ko- rea. The Land of Morning Calm remembers and sincerely appreciates all veterans who fought, protected and sacrificed in securing freedom and democracy for the Republic of Korea. *Expanded Eligibility* Korean War veterans Frank & Kathy Doherty up at the DMZ. and/or family members of one who served in, Frank proudly wearing his 2ID Shirt! over or around the Korean theater between June 25, 1950 and October 15, 1954 as well as the Defense Veterans who served from Octo- ber 16, 1954 until 31 December 1979 are eligible to participate in this October’s "Korea Re- visit Program." A veteran is allowed to bring a family member or friend as a “travel compan- ion”. Widows and/or descendants are also eligible. If a Veteran or family member has been back to Korea on a previous subsidized tour that took place over five (5) years ago and would like to go again, please contact us for details. The Korean government is subsidizing Defense Veterans & family members/ companion airfare for this Revisit in ad- dition to already paying for hotel, meals and touring in Korea. It’s time if you want to at- tend a Revisits as seats re- main for October! Don’t Wait Any Longer! MILITARY HISTORICAL TOURS 13198 Centerpointe Way #202 Woodbridge, Virginia 22193-5285 www.miltours.com * 703-590-1295 Korea Revisit Benefits and Itinerary : Free hotel accommodations and meals for 5 nights and 6 days. Accommodations are based on (2) persons per room. Tour of Seoul and vicinity. Banquet hosted by MPVA and KVA (Seoul). Presentation of the “Ambassador for Peace” Medal and Certificate. DON’T MISS THE BUS Standard Itinerary (day order varies with each group) Day 1 - Arrival and hotel check-in. Day 2 - Tribute Ceremony at the “Korean National Ceme- tery”, visit to the Korean War Memorial. Day 3 - Visit Panmunjom, DMZ, Joint Security Area, Camp Bonifas & wreath laying. Day 4 - Ceremony for Korean War Veterans & Display/Show. Day 5 - Visit tour of “Korean Folk Village” and shopping opportunity. Banquet hosted by MPVA and KVA. Day 6 - Departure or begin post-tour extensions. TOAST THOSE STILL ON GUARD Not included in Revisit price: 1) You must purchase Domestic & International airfare. Registration Fee & The ROK will refund a portion (approximately 50% for Veter- Service Charge: ans & 30% for companions) once paxs return from Korea. $ 450 Per Person 2) Overnight stays in Los Angeles or San Francisco if op- Includes insurance, accompanying tour leaders, the tioned for by participants to break up trip. airfare refund coordination, 20-page KR Booklet, mail, paperwork coordination with ROK (due once KOREA BATTLEFIELD TOUR 18—22 October you select a revisit tour) Pre-Tour Iron Triangle/Chorwon Areas of Operation Day 1 Depart USA for Incheon. Day 2 Arrive Incheon (crossing international dateline you lose a day). Check into our Seoul hotel. Evening at leisure. Day 3 After Breakfast, we check out/store extra bags at Hotel be- fore visiting both Heartbreak Ridge and Bloody Ridge Memorials. Box lunch on bus. Visit Punchbowl, Eulchi Observatory and Infiltra- tion Tunnel #4. Check into our hotel in Cheorwon. Dinner at hotel. Day 4 After Breakfast, we begin our tour of the Cheorwon Region with a visit to Infiltration Tunnel #2 and the Peace (Pyonghwa) Ob- servatory. We stop at the North Korea Worker’s Party Headquarters Building followed by lunch in Cheorwon. After lunch we visit Key (Yolsei) Observatory to view the T-Bone Battlefield followed by an optional stop at White Horse Hill and Pork Chop Hill & Old Baldy battlefields. We return to our Cheorwon hotel for dinner with the evening at leisure. Day 5 After breakfast and checkout, we drive to the Joint Security Area at Panmunjom, visit Infiltration Tunnel #3 and Dora Observatory. Lunch at Imjingak. After lunch we return to Seoul to check into the Revisit Hotel and join the arriving main tour group for dinner at the hotel. “Korea Fox Hole” Pre-tour price: $1,495 Single Room Supplement: $300 Price includes: Hotels: 2 nights at Cheorwon hotel & 1 night at Seoul hotel. Meals: 3 breakfasts—hotel, 3 lunches & 2 dinners— local restaurants. Tour Leader: English speaking guide. Trans- portation: chartered bus/van. CHINA POST-TOUR ITINERARY before a lunch at a 27—31 Oct Beijing, China Tour local restau- Day 1 - After breakfast, rant. After transfer to airport for lunch, see Beijing. Arrival, orienta- the Temple tion, walking tour of of Heaven “Tian An Men” Square and a shop- and Legation area. ping stop in Check-in to hotel after PRICE INCLUDES silk alley. dinner. CHINA VISA—A Tonight is GREAT VALUE! our Farewell Day 2 - Walking tour of Dinner. the Forbidden City, “Hutong Rickshaw tour” through the labyrinth of old Day 5 - After breakfast, China Tour Beijing neighborhoods. Special visit and lunch with a transfer to airport for Price: $1,495 traditional Chinese Hutong family, military museum your flight to the USA. Single Room Supplement: tour, special acrobatic show and $375 authentic Peking Duck Dinner Tour price includes: this evening. * - Hotel accommodations Day 3 - After Breakfast, we head * - All meals for the “Great Wall of China” at * - Sightseeing with English- Mutianyu. Lunch with local farm speaking tour guides family. Tour the famous Ming * - Touring with air condi- Tombs at Changling. Dinner at a tioned motor coach local restaurant and time to en- * - Airport Arrival & joy Beijing at night. Departure Transfers Day 4 - Visit the Beijing Zoo Tour price doesn’t include: with the world’s largest collec- Airfare—MHT will provide tion of Pandas in captivity. Tour airfare booking assistance up- the legendary Summer Palace on registration PUSAN POST-TOUR 27 – 31 OCT B/L/D Hotel: S & Hotel in Daejeon Day 1: After breakfast check-out of the Grand Am- Day 4: After breakfast bassador Hotel. Depart Seoul Station on the Bullet and check-out we drive train for Pusan (Busan.) Board the bus for the U.N. to Gunsan to visit the Memorial Cemetary. Head to Geojedo POW Camp Kunsan AFB that was K Historic Park. After dinner check in to our hotel. -8 during the war but Meals: B/L/D. Hotel: Crown at Hotel in Changwon now the site of the 8th Day 2: After breakfast we depart for Jinhae to visit Fighter Wing. Following lunch, we move to Inchon the Navy Museum, Patriotic Martyr Ahn Jung- site of the daring amphibious landing. We have stops geunv Monument, Villa of the former president at the Inchon Landing Memorial Hall with museum Rhee Syng-man, Korean Naval Academy Museum and memorial. We visit the waterfront to see the and the famed ancient Turtle Ship. After lunch, we treacherous tides and MacArthur’s audacious gam- move to the Gyeongju Cultural sites. Meals: B/L/D ble behind the North Koreans. We have our farewell Hotel : Commodore Hotel in Gyeongju group dinner and then Day 3: Following breakfast, we visit Pohang city and check-in to our hotel. Post Tour Price: $1,495 the 1st Marine Meals: B/L/D Hotel: Single Room: $395 Ramada Hotel in Songdo Division Mu- Tour price includes: seum. After Day 5: Breakfast at the * - Departure Transfers lunch, we are hotel, Check-out and * - All hotel accommoda- off to the Sam- move to Inchon Interna- tions and meals sung Smart tional Airport by Limou- * - Sightseeing with English city sine bus for our flight -speaking tour guides. in Gumi. We home. We arrive back in * - Touring with air- end the day in the U.S. mid-day from conditioned motor coach Daejeon Meal: Korea. * - All entry fees & charges PEACE CAMP FOR YOUTH SIGN UP NOW FOR NEXT YEAR! With the 65th Anni- versaries of the Korea War continuing, the Republic of Ko- rea (ROK) government has made the decisions to once again commemorate, not only the veterans and their contri- butions to saving their country from Communism, but to Welcome Veteran’s Grandchildren to Korea on a very spe- cial program in July. Called "Peace Camps for Youth” (PCFY), this program was a huge success in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 and we have 40 quotas to continue the program next July. General information & require- ments: * Participant must be a Grandchild of a Korean War Veteran in college program. * Be at least eighteen (18) years old (waivers for 17 year-old high school gradu- ates.) * Grade Point Average of 2.5 required. * Be in "relatively" good health since some physical hiking/walking is involved. * Have a current passport. * The quotas are first come, first served. The group will have a tour escort. * All expenses for the grandchild while in Korea, will be paid for by the ROK government. (Double occupancy) Each participant will receive discount air to Korea. (The ROK Government will pay approximately a 50% portion of the roundtrip airfare. You purchase the airfare and ROK will provide refund upon re- turn from the tour. * A service of charge of $250 is required for administrative handling, U.S. tour escort, ticketing, health and disability insurance (required by the ROK govern- ment) & hats. * All programs are conducted in English. Information & Registration Registration & Information Tour Program Program Tour Official—Korea Revisit Revisit Official—Korea Woodbridge, VA 22193-5285 22193-5285 VA Woodbridge, 13198 Centerpointe Way, Suite 202 202 Suite Way, Centerpointe 13198.
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