'I just got out by the skin of my teeth' - Korean War veterans remember their service and fallen comrades during a ceremony to mark 70 years since armistice.
L/Cpl Albert Morrow said he thinks about soldiers who were killed or taken prisoner of war "all the time"Wreaths have been laid in the grounds of Belfast City Hall to mark 70 years since the Korean War armistice.
Albert Morrow, who served in the war, described his experience as "absolutely horrendous" and something that he will never forget.L/Cpl Morrow, who drove his battalion's ambulance, was in attendance at Belfast City Hall, and recounted his service. After three years of war, in July 1953, an armistice was signed by the two sides at Panmunjom which left Korea divided as it had been in 1950.
Capt Basil Singleton, who served as a Lance Bombardier in Korea, was also at the wreath laying in Belfast.
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