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President Moon Jae-in meeting with members of Members of German Medical Service Group visiting Busan,
the German Medical Service Group during the ROK for “Turn toward Busan”— commemoration ceremony
Korean War (July 2017) for UN veterans (November 2017).

though the German team provided medical support in Busan between May 1954 and March 1959, the
country was only included in the list of war materials and financial aid providers because the medical support
activities were carried out after the armistice in July 1953.

3. Germany’s Medical Support Activities during the Korean War

In May 1953 during the Korean War, Germany delivered

a message to the UN headquarters expressing its intent
to send a field hospital team to help UN force members
fighting in the Korean War. After the suggestion, between
May 1954 and March 1959, the country sent the Medical
Service Group consisting of doctors, nurses, and
technicians to Korea, with the total number of 117.

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