Statue of General John B. Coulter

General John B. Coulter led the US 1st and 9th Corps to defeat the enemy soundly after the perilous Nakdonggang campaign during the Korean War. Afterwards, he was appointed 8th Army Deputy Commander and achieved substantial feats. In 1952, he retired from the military, and led the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) to help reconstruct the war-ravished country. During his tenure until 1958, the UNKRA provided more than US$200 million in aid to rebuild industries, schools, hospitals, roads and housing. Glass factories in Incheon and fertilizer factories in Chungju were constructed using US capital and technology, while the US purchased needed fertilizers from Japan. This US support ultimately provided a foundation for economic development. General John B. Coulter was born in San Antonio, Texas on April 27, 1891 and died in March 1983. He was buried at Arlington Cemetery. To remember General John B. Coulter’s contribution to Korea, Former President Seungman Lee ordered his statue built at the Itaewon roundabout, Seoul on October 16, 1959. It was relocated to its current location at Children’s Grand Park on July 7, 1977, due to the construction of the 3rd Namsan Tunnel.

Monument to Deputy Commander of the U.S. 8th Corps and a leader of ‘United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency(UNKRA)’, John B. Coulter. He even attended the opening ceremony.