There were tears as a memorial to Wanganui men who fought in the Korean War was unveiled at Queen's Park on Saturday.
About 150 people attended the ceremony which had been planned for eight months.
"It went very well," Wanganui Korean Veterans' Association president Jim Nielsen said.
The names of the nearly 100 men from the district who served in Korea between 1950 and 1957 are on the plaque.
Mr Nielsen said one woman at the ceremony asked him if her late husband's name was on it. He had taken her up to it and found it for her.