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Jun 30, 1950: Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea Previous Day
Just three days after the United Nations Security Council voted
to provide military assistance to South Korea, President Harry
S. Truman orders U.S. armed forces to assist in defending that
nation from invading North Korean armies. Truman's dramatic step
marked the official entry of the United States into the Korean
War.
On June 25, 1950, military forces from communist North Korea
invaded South Korea. South Korean forces and the small number of
U.S. troops stationed in the nation reeled under the surprise
attack. On June 27, the United States asked the Security Council
in the United Nations to pass a resolution calling on member
states of the United Nations to assist South Korea. With the
Soviets boycotting the meeting for other reasons, the resolution
passed. Three days later, President Truman ordered U.S. ground
forces into South Korea and the troops entered South Korea that
same day. At the same time, Truman ordered the U.S. Air Force to
bomb military targets in North Korea and directed the U.S. Navy
to blockade the North Korean coast.
Truman's action signaled the beginning of official and
large-scale U.S. participation in the Korean War. Over the next
three years, the United States provided at least half of the
U.N. ground forces in Korea and the vast majority of the air and
sea forces used in the conflict against North Korea and, later,
against communist China, which entered the war on the side of
North Korea in late 1950. Nearly 55,000 Americans were killed in
the war and over 100,000 were wounded. Cost estimates for the
war ranged as high as $20 billion. In July 1953, an armistice
was signed that ended the fighting and left Korea a divided
nation.
Note: ...and I was there, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry
Division.. K.O. n0kfq
73, Billie
KB0WSA @ KB0WSA.MO.USA.NA
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