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12/26/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 12/25/2025 17:12
Phil and the General
Phil Wallace (90 years), of Miramar Wellington, who served in Korea (Kayforce) in the New Zealand Army between 1955 and 1957, was recently invited to meet with GEN Xavier T. Brunson at the US Embassy.
GEN Brunson commands United Nations Command (UNC), which maintains the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement and was in Wellington to hold high-level discussions with the New Zealand government.
To honour the 75th anniversary of the establishment of United Nations Command (July 7, 1950) and the start of the Korean War (June 25, 1950), GEN Brunson asked to meet with a veteran of the Korean conflict.
Phil was a member of 10 Transport Company, Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps, and he served there just after the conflict had ended.
Photo: Garry Potter
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