A group of U.S. lawmakers will submit a bill requiring all American flags in the U.S. to be flown at half-staff on July 27th every year in recognition of those who fought during the Korean War.

The Korean American Public Affairs Committee said Friday that a group of legislators, including House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel and Republican Peter King, will introduce on Friday the bill that calls for the recognition of veterans from the war.

Rangel, who is a Korean War veteran, submitted the same bill last year but it failed to be adopted.

The United States has been involved in a number of wars, including both World Wars and the Vietnam War, but has never made a law requiring Americans to hang their national flag at half-staff in memory of any particular war.

If the bill is passed, July 27th would become the second day, following Memorial Day, in which Americans would hoist their national flag at half-staff.

Around 54-thousand U.S. troops were killed in action during the war, with an additional eight-thousand missing or held as prisoners of war.

The Korean War ended in an armistice on July 27th, 1953, leaving the two Koreas still technically at war.


The Korean War ended in an armistice on July 27th, 1953, leaving the two Koreas still technically at war.