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VOL. 5/ISSUE 33
KOREAN WAR
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017
INCONCLUSIVE END LEFT THOSE WHO SERVED TO FADE INTO BACKGROUND OF AMERICAN LIFE
See story on Page 3 The Korean War started on June 25, 1950, sixty-five years ago, when the forces of North Korea, known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or DPRK invaded South Korea, known as the Republic of Korea, crossing the 38th parallel, the demarcation line separating North from South. The Korean was is often referred to as the Forgotten War. Possibly because it happened so soon after WWII without a similar impact on the U.S.. Maybe because it was the first conflict at the infancy of the Cold War. Technically, it did not have a conclusive end and as a result did not have the same impact on the U.S. psyche as other wars. A United Nations coalition, led by the U.S., entered the war to aid South Korea. China entered the war with backing from the Soviet Union to fight for the North. The war ended over three years later with an armistice agreement on July 27, 1953. ABOVE: Men of the 9th Inf. Regt. man an M-26 tank to await an enemy attempt to cross the Naktong River. September 3, 1950. Photo by Cpl. Thomas Marotta. (Army)