{"id":133757,"date":"2022-09-12T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-starkist-co-honors-korean-war-veterans\/"},"modified":"2022-09-12T08:58:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T12:58:27","slug":"starkist-co-honra-a-los-veteranos-de-guerra-coreanos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/starkist-co-honra-a-los-veteranos-de-guerra-coreanos\/","title":{"rendered":"STARKIST CO. HONORS KOREAN WAR VETERANS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Nearly 80 Korean War Veterans to Attend Reception that Honors Veterans of the <br \/><\/i><i>Battle of Chosin Reservoir and are known as &#8216;The Chosin Few&#8217;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ARLINGTON, Va.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 10, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; StarKist Co., which is headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Reston, VA<\/span>, and its parent company, Dongwon of <span class=\"xn-location\">Seoul, South Korea<\/span>, was proud to sponsor a luncheon today for more than 80 Korean War veterans.\u00a0 The luncheon was conducted as part of the National Chosin Few Reunion, which is being held at the Hilton Crystal City at the Washington Reagan National Airport, <span class=\"xn-chron\">September 7-11, 2022<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg45a6left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg45a6left\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 137px;\" title=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/950296\/StarKist_Co_Logo.jpg\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The Korean War veterans are American heroes and StarKist is honored to be a part of The Chosin Few Reunion,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Andrew Choe<\/span>, StarKist President and CEO.\u00a0 &#8220;The Korean War veterans who fought in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in November and <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 1950<\/span>, fought valiantly to protect and preserve freedom for <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">South Korea<\/span>. It is an honor to demonstrate our appreciation for their service and sacrifice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>StarKist&#8217;s support for the region&#8217;s Korean War veterans started when the company held an annual luncheon for the Korean War veterans of <span class=\"xn-location\">Southwestern Pennsylvania<\/span> more than 10 years ago. In <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 2022<\/span>, the company moved to <span class=\"xn-location\">Reston, VA<\/span>, and is continuing its work to recognize and thank Korean War veterans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s wonderful that after all of these years the Korean community both locally and internationally have rallied around The Chosin Few to help us commemorate the battle of the Chosin Reservoir,&#8221; said Colonel <span class=\"xn-person\">Warren H. Wiedhahn<\/span>, USMC (Ret) and The Chosin Few Chairman\/CEO. &#8220;It means so much for us that our sacrifices and service during the Korean War are appreciated.\u00a0We are thankful for StarKist and Dongwon for their support and involvement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>About StarKist Co.<br \/><\/b>StarKist Co. is a\u00a0socially responsible company that empowers people to live a healthy lifestyle\u00a0by providing convenient proteins. An industry innovator, StarKist was the first brand to introduce single-serve pouch products, which include StarKist Tuna Creations\u00ae, Salmon Creations\u00ae and Chicken Creations\u00ae. As America&#8217;s favorite tuna, StarKist represents a tradition of quality, consumer trust and a commitment to sustainability. StarKist&#8217;s charismatic brand icon, Charlie\u00ae the Tuna, swam into the hearts of tuna fans in 1961 and is still a fan favorite today. StarKist Co. is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Dongwon Industries Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Michelle Faist<\/span><br \/>StarKist Corporate Affairs<br \/><a href=\"mailto:Michelle.Faist@StarKist.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michelle.Faist@StarKist.com<\/a><br \/>Phone: 571-441-8096<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3644419-1&amp;h=3254922577&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F950296%2FStarKist_Co_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F950296%2FStarKist_Co_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/950296\/StarKist_Co_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  StarKist Co.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Nearly 80 Korean War Veterans to Attend Reception that Honors Veterans of the <br \/><\/i><i>Battle of Chosin Reservoir and are known as &#8216;The Chosin Few&#8217;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ARLINGTON, Va.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 10, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; StarKist Co., which is headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Reston, VA<\/span>, and its parent company, Dongwon of <span class=\"xn-location\">Seoul, South Korea<\/span>, was proud to sponsor a luncheon today for more than 80 Korean War veterans.\u00a0 The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comida-y-bebida"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133757"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133766,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133757\/revisions\/133766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}