Over 7,000 Philippine servicemen were deployed to the Korean War (1950-1953); over a hundred lost their lives during the conflict. See: "Filipino Soldiers in the Korean War."
The Korean War was fought over the 38th parallel in order to define the North and South Korean border. The North and the South did this where is now the famous Korean War peninsula. This is the same border nowadays that was claimed back then.
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All over the Korean Peninsula.
Robert E. Lee.
During the Korean War, general MacArthur wanted to bomb the bridges over yalu river all the way to China.
The Korean War started because North Korea invaded South Korea. It's as simple as that, but there were over 5 million lives lost in the war.
The war was an epic seesaw of control over the Korean Peninsula American/UN-South Korean joint forces were once able to push Communist North Koreans back to the 38th Parallel and even to the Yalu River near China. However, during one period of the war, prior to General MacArthur's famous amphibious launch at Inchon North Korean "Reds" cornered American/UN-South Korean forces in the southern city of Pusan (sometimes known as Busan). Pusan is currently one of the largest cities in South Korea and is the largest in south South Korea.
Douglas MacArthur.
Over 33,000 US servicemen were killed in the Korean War.
Jackson was the commanding general over the US forces at this famous battle.