Korean War

Korean War. Andrews County Veterans Memorial. , "Events have brought our American democracy to new influence and new responsibilities. They will test our courage, our devotion to duty, and our concept of liberty to that end. We will devote our strength, our resources, and our firmness of resolve. With God's help the future of mankind will be assured in a world of justice, harmony, and peace" , Harry S. Truman

Korean War , 27 June 1950 - 31 January 1955 , U.S. President Harry S. Truman

Five years after the end of world war two, 25 June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. Two days later, 27 June 1950, President Truman authorized the use of American forces to aid the South Korean army and appointed General Douglas MacArthur as commander. American soldiers encountered climatic and geographic conditions that were hostile. Although American casualties were high, the survival rate was higher than world war two. For the first time, the injured were airlifted from the battlefield by helicopters to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASH). More than 7,000 soldiers were taken as prisoners of war with many dying because of the inhuman conditions they faced during captivity. On 27 July 1953 an armistice between the United States, North Korea, and China, who had joined the North Korean front in October of 1950, was signed.

We embrace the brave soldiers who served, who died, and who remain missing in action during all military wars conflicts or contingency operations., Bobby D. Tompkins · Frank Helvey · George J. Miller · William E. (Bill) Shipman