The Korean War had a very profound impact on the US. It cost a little over two billion dollars in supplies for the troops and it cost 54,291 in American lives. General Douglas MacArthur was a household name at the peak of the Korean war because of his services in WWII but when he was removed from the US army by Truman for attempting to wage all out war on North Korea and the Soviet Union, many people in the US and even the UK were outraged.
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Aproximately 1,789,000 US Servicemen served in the Korean War.
U.S. was involved in the Korean war for three years.
The US Government supported the Korean War.
The Red Scare was a by-product of that war. Otherwise, the only "real" concern was the hope that it didn't go nuclear.
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yes, US forces participated in the korean war from 1950 to 1953
The US entered the Korean war in order to protect South Korea
The US was RECOVERING from WW2 by the time of the Korean War. There had been less than 5 years between the wars. WW2 greatly overshadowed Korea. Veterans who fought in both wars would talk about WW2, not Korea. To some of them, Korea was simply an extension of WW2.
For the US, Vietnam.
The US was the primary combatant of the Korean War.
Takeing arrows to the KNEE wrong that is a expression! they helped us by purchasing weapons ect. near our country
Aproximately 1,789,000 US Servicemen served in the Korean War.
The Korean War was the FIRST "Hot" battle of the Cold War; a war against communism.
Korean War.