The original idea for a Korean War Memorial of some type came from a Korean woman who was saved by American troops during the Korean War. According to the Korean War Project, one of the premier Korean War websites on the Internet, Chayon Kim decided to take action to make such a memorial happen in 1979. Naturalized citizens of the United States, Kim formed the "National Committee for the Korean War Memorial." Hal Barker said, "She aggressively began a search for a location and supporters. She developed a detailed plan, and met with every governmental agency involved in approving such a project." As happens in so many organizations that start out as a good cause, the Committee removed their founder as the project gathered strength. There were many internal problems with the Committee before and after that, much of them recounted in hearings before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, US Senate, on October 29, 1985. The Committee eventually went defunct, and legislation to establish a memorial did not pass.