American military leaders, including General Douglas MacArthur, were caught off guard by the entrance of the People’s Republic of China, led by Mao Zedong, into the five-month-old Korean War. Twelve ...
The sniper's bullet slammed into U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ray Burkard's right leg in December 1950 while he was withdrawing alongside his fellow exhausted troops during the wintertime Battle of Chosin ...
Chosin Reservoir, Korean War. It was minus-25 degrees. The Chinese had been attacking American Marines and had the Marines ...
In the spring of 1950, 17-year-old Arthur A. Clifton had quit school in New Mexico and was on his way to Army boot camp when his 9-year-old sister Lydia offered him a parting present — a quarter to ...
The Chosin Reservoir has been covered by many a book before Joseph Wheelan’s The Farthest Valley. What Wheelan brings to his account that is different, first, is a personal connection, as his father, ...
WASHINGTON — The remains of a soldier who went missing in action in North Korea more than 70 years ago will be buried this week at a cemetery near the man’s hometown in Georgia. Army Cpl. Dewey ...
After nearly three-quarters of a century, U.S. Army Sergeant George Michael Barbiere of Hicksville has finally been accounted for. Barbiere, who was reported missing in action during the Korean War on ...
The Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial, a 501(c)(3) in Kansas City, Missouri is planning an event with Missouri State Parks which includes rigorous winter backpacking and bivouacking events within ...
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