Living Through the Forgotten War: Portrait of Korea provides a new, human perspective on a war that forever changed the land and people of Korea and the many Americans who served there then and since.

The photographs collected for the exhibit focus not on scenes of conflict and combat, but on the human dimensions of the war. The purpose of this collection is to "humanize a war in which stereotype and prejudice were powerful forces" and convey the sense of devastation experienced by all of the people involved-Korean laborers, children, the wounded, American GI's and even North Korean POW's. This exhibition of 39 black and white photographic prints was developed for general American audiences.