Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Robert M. Gates lays a wreath at the Monument of Unknown Student Volunteer Soldiers in the National Cemetery.

SEOUL, Republic of Korea (Nov. 07, 2007) Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Robert M. Gates lays a wreath at the Monument of Unknown Student Volunteer Soldiers in the National Cemetery. The memorial is dedicated to a great number of young students who volunteered to fight at the outbreak of the Korean Conflict in 1950. Only 48 sets of remains of these students were ever found and brought for burial in the cemetery in 1964. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley File# 071107-N-0696M-080