Korean War

1,789,000 Americans served in the Korean war. Some 33,600 were killed in action. More than 3,200 died in non-hostile incidents. More than 8,100 are still missing. These figures originate with the Defense Department, which has slightly more exact statistics in each case.

American war aims in Korea were to prevent the spread of communism obviously. The domino theory was proving to be correct and America felt threatened so they had to get involved. The war aim changed as the three-year war progressed. First, the simple aim was to prevent a complete Communist takeover of the whole peninsula. American leaders felt that this would almost certainly result in the loss of Japan, also. After the successful US and UN intervention, the Communist army was moved back almost to the Russian and Chinese borders and the US objective became a Korea free of Communism and free of Chinese and Russian influence. After the Chinese army entered the war the extreme expense and loss of lives forced the abandonment of the idea of taking the whole country and the aim became establishment of a non-Communist state on the southern part of the peninsula and permitting the north to set up a Communist government in order to end the war.

The Yalu River divides China and North Korea.

Korea's area is about the same size as the state of Utah.

Certainly, or at least as much so as the Soviets and Chinese were. Many people view that war as a war amongst Koreans, but there was outside intervention going on well before the United Nations got involved.

The forces under the UNC (United Nations Command) were from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Greece, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Phillipines, South Africa, Republic of Korea, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States. The forces which actually fought on the communist side were the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and China, with support from the Soviet Union.

I WAS IN KINDERGARDEN WHEN MY DAD WENT TO WAR IN KOREA. IT WAS A TIME WHEN AMERICA WAS JUST RETURNING TO NORMAL AFTER THE BIG WAR. EVERYDAY WAS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. PLAY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. MY MOTHER DID NOT WORK SO SHE STAYED BUSY MAKING SURE THE HOUSE WAS ALWAYS CLEAN AND THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE THE SAME IF MY DAD DID RETURN. ONE OF THE BEST CHRISTMAS I EVER HAD WAS DURING THIS TIME AS MY MOM WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD EVERYTHING. SHE SENT PICTURES OF A VERY NICE TREE WITH TONS OF TOYS AROUND IT TO MY DAD AND HE CHERISHED IT. WHEN HE RETURNED HE DID NOT TALK MUCK ABOUT THE WAR BUT STATED THAT HE WISHED THAT THERE WOULD NEVER BE ANOTHER ONE. YEARS LATER HE WOULD GO TO VIET NAM AND THEN WOULD RETIRE ONLY TO SEE ME JOIN THE MARINES DURING THE VIET NAM WAR. LIFE WAS ALOT LIKE LEAVE IT TO BEAVER NOW THAT I THINK BACK ON IT. PEOPLE DRESSED UP MORE AND CARED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS. HOUSES WERE ALWAYS NEAT AND NO ONE DID DRUGS OR WERE WEIRD. I THINK THERE WAS LESS STRESS AND MORE FUN. TOO BAD WE HAD TO CHANGE.

We gained a super technologically advanced economic ally in the Far East for one (although at the time I don't think anyone could have predicted that); we prevented the spread of communism and the Soviet sphere of influence; strengthened the UN by giving it a task to perform as a whole (minus the Soviets of course); we learned we shouldn't go to war with China if we really don't have to; and we learned that McArthur, while a brilliant general, can be kind of a jerk sometimes; American and Soviet jet fighters got their first significant combat experience; helicopters were used en masse for the first time in a military situation; the experience of waves of Chinese soldiers charging us finally convinced the Pentagon of the need for a standard assault rifle with fully automatic capabilities, which would eventually lead to the M-16 and other modern American rifles; and the big one: the movie and tv show MASH. If that isn't something, then I don't know what something is.

The USA and Russia came to ocupy Korea because the helped Korea recover from all of the damage cause from World War Two then the just decided to each claim part of Korea since they had helped through this rough patch. They had spent a plentiful amount of time on recoving it that the considered it part of their land so each got half. One got Noth & the other got South.

Harry Truman was the President when the Korean War began, The began as a police action by the newly formed United Nation.

Australia -- South Korea relations are foreign relations between the Australia and South Korea. Both countries established diplomatic relations in May 1963.

During the Korean War, Australia has sent 17,000 soldiers to offer military cooperation with South Korea.

Prime minister of Australia, John Howard visited Seoul in 2000 while South Korean president Kim Dea-Jung came intoCanberra in 1999 and Ban Ki Moon, Minister of foreign affairs and trade once again in 2004. According to the 2006 Census, there are 60,873 Australians of Korean origin.

Economic ties has been strengthened while trade value between the two reached 18 billion dollars in 2007.

Pretty much because of a stale mate from both sides each exchanging littleterritory. TheChinese were already mounting huge casualties due to soldiers dying from hunger in numbers with would be in the tens of thousands.

some korean traditions are bowing to adults as a hello. more to elders and mature adults. a culture is they like to gather as a family and eat sam guep sal. koreans wear a clothing called han-bok on New Years Day when they bow down to elders and recieve money. koreans have a lot of traditional songs and games...a LOT

There definitely were Red Chinese Troops in Korea!

Really the only US success during the Korean War was South Korea continued to exist. America did not winthe war (they probably would have if it weren't for Chinese intervention) and Korea is still divided among a highly guarded political boundry.

There are far too many similarities to count, but here's a very few examples:

1. The US Civil War was the first US military massive draft of men, the Vietnam was the last.

2. Both wars had an assassinated US president.

3. Both wars had a President Johnson.

4. Both wars had a Vice President take over the nation due to the assassination.

5. Both wars the South lost the war.

6. Both wars the North won the war.

7. Both wars had draft dodgers.

8. Both wars treated their returning vets badly (for the South in the Civil War).

9. Both was had a civil rights issue.

10. Both wars introduced a new "assault" rifle; Spencer & M16.

11. Both wars had a reuniting "Splendid Little War" to amend the wounds from the Civil War & Vietnam War; The Spanish-American War of 1898 (called the Splendid Little War) and Operation Desert Storm in 1991 (called the 100 Hour War and the Gulf War). Both the SAW & DS occurred in the 90s.

12. The SAW was the last US war in which US Soldiers wore the blue uniform, as the US transitioned to khaki (brown) unforms. DS was the first full scale general issue of Desert Camoflage uniforms for the US services.

13. Both the Civil War & Vietnam War were UNDECLARED WARS.

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The Korean war was started when North Korean troops crossed over the 38th parallel and invaded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the west and the Republic of Korea to the south.

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North Korea's economic system is restricted due to it's communist form of government. South Korea's economic performance has no restrictions.

It was the FIRST "Hot" battle of the war against communist aggression; the Cold War. More importantly, since the cold war is over; NUCLEAR WEAPONS still exist in other countries; and Korea proved that "Limited Wars (NON-NUCLEAR)", will be the ONLY type of wars that can be fought (other than "Police Actions" which involve restoring law and order and stability to nations such as in Iraq today). Any total war would involve Atomic Weapons.

Communist North Korea wanted to re-unite with it's Southern Counterpart. The free nation of SOUTH Korea wished to remain a non-communist country.

"The Dragon, part of the national flag design, is also a popular Welsh symbol. The oldest recorded use of the dragon to symbolise Wales is from the Historia Brittonum, written around 820, but it is popularly supposed to have been the battle standard of King Arthur and other ancient Celtic leaders. This myth is likely to have originated from Merlin's vision of a Red (The Native Britons) and White (The Saxon Invaders) dragon battling, with the Red dragon being victorious. Following the annexation of Wales by England, the dragon was used as a supporter in the English monarch's coat of arms."

The Dragon is important in China, enough to be the source of worship, but it is not red.

"The Chinese dragon is a Chinese mythical creature, depicted as a long, scaled, snake-like creature with four claws. In contrast to the Western dragon which stands on four legs and which is usually portrayed as evil, Chinese dragon has long been a potent symbol of auspicious power in Chinese folklore and art. The Chinese dragon is traditionally also the embodiment of the concept of yang (male) and associated with the weather as the bringer of rain and water in an agriculturally water-driven nation. Its female counterpart is the Fenghuang.

The dragon is sometimes used in the West as a national emblem of China. However, this usage within both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan is rare.

Firstly, the dragon was historically the symbol of the Emperor of China. Starting with the Yuan Dynasty, regular citizens were forbidden to associate themselves with the symbol. The dragon re-emerged during the Qing Dynasty and appeared on national flags.

Secondly, the dragon has aggressive, warlike connotations that the Chinese government wishes to avoid. It is for these reasons that the giant panda is far more often used within China as a national emblem than the dragon. In Hong Kong, however, the dragon is part of the design of Brand Hong Kong, a symbol used to promote Hong Kong as an international brand name.

Many Chinese people often use the term "Descendants of the Dragon" (龍的傳人) as a sign of ethnic identity, as part of a trend started in the 1970s when different Asian nationalities were looking for animal symbols for representations.

In Chinese culture today, it is mostly used for decorative purposes. It is a taboo to disfigure a depiction of a dragon; for example, an advertisement campaign commissioned by Nike, which featured the American basketball player LeBron James slaying a dragon (as well as beating up an old Kung Fu master), was immediately censored by the Chinese government after public outcry over disrespect.

A number of Chinese proverbs and idioms also feature references to the dragon, for example: "Hoping one's son will become a dragon" (望子成龍, i.e. be as successful and powerful as a dragon)."

The widow's of veterans have few extra or new benefits. If their spouse had retired with benefits, they would continue to receive the ability to access military health care and shop on military bases, as well as receive some portion of their spouses' retirement pay.

Otherwise there is little to assist a veteran's widow.

My mother lost her health benefits pre 1982. I took her to a Navy hospital for a surgery. The surgeon told me, after surgury, that congress had cut widows health benefits. Soon after she received a new military ID, On the back it said "Benifits No" Widow WWII Vet