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General Walker was in comand at the start of the war in June 1950. After he was killed in a Jeep accident General Ridgway took over comand. General MacArthur was overall commander of the Far East and was of course over Walker and Ridgway. It was his decision to go all the way into North Korea after being warned by the Chinese that if he did, they would enter the war. Which they did, and we had to " BUG OUT ", I called it " ADVANCING TO THE REAR ". I was there from July 1950 till August 1951 as an aircraft mechanic with the 3rd Light Aviation Section flying as an Forward Observer assigned to I Corps G2. Don Black
The commander of the us eighth army during the Korean War is General Ridgway.
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∙ 16y agoCharles Hartwell Bonesteel III, Commanding General, Eight United States Army from September 1966 to September 1969. He was alsoCommander-in-Chief United Nations Command Korea at the same time. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Section 3 Site 1519-C.
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∙ 12y agoThe commander of the us eighth army during the Korean war is General Ridgway.Gen. Walker was commander until killed in a Jeep accident, Ridgeway was his successor.
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∙ 11y agoAmerican forces were under the command of General Douglas MacArthur.
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∙ 14y agoThe current commander of the US Army, 8th Army, Korea is Lieutenant General Joseph F. Fil, Jr.
Command Sergeant Major Robert A. Winzenried, USFK, CFC is the current Chief NCO
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∙ 7y agoGeneral Douglas MacArthur
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