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27
Jul
PAST EVENTS THAT ARE TODAY’S HISTORY
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27
Jun
PRESIDENT ORDERED FORCES TO KOREA
On June 27, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announced that
he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid
the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist
North Korea.
The United States was undertaking the major military operation,
he explained, to enforce a United Nations resolution calling for
an end to hostilities, and to stem the spread of communism in
Asia.
In addition to ordering U.S. forces to Korea, Truman deployed
the U.S. 7th Fleet to Formosa (Taiwan) to guard against invasion
by communist China and ordered an acceleration of military aid
to French forces fighting communist guerrillas in Vietnam.
Truman’s decision was met with overwhelming approval from
Congress and the U.S. public.
He did not ask for a declaration of war, but Congress voted to
extend the draft and authorized Truman to call up reservists.
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25
Jun
“LIMITED WAR’’ BEGAN ON THIS DAY
On June 25, 1950, armed forces from communist North Korea
smashed into South Korea, setting off the Korean War.
The United States, acting under the auspices of the United
Nations, quickly sprang to the defense of South Korea and
fought a bloody and frustrating war for the next three years.
The Korean War was the first “hot” war of the Cold War. Over
55,000 American troops were killed in the conflict.
Korea was the first “limited war,” one in which the U.S. aim
was not the complete and total defeat of the enemy, but rather
the “limited” goal of protecting South Korea.
It proved to be a frustrating experience for the American people,
who were used to the kind of total victory that had been achieved
in World War II.
The public found the concept of limited war difficult to understand
or support and the Korean War never really gained popular
support.
27
Jul
NEWS FROM THE PAST THAT MADE HISTORY
TIM MAGUIRE
1959
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05
Jul
WAR CLAIMED FIRST U.S. VICTIM
Near Sojong, South Korea, Private Kenneth Shadrick, a 19-
year-old infantryman from Skin Fork, West Virginia, became
the first American reported killed in the Korean War.
Shadrick, a member of a bazooka squad, had just fired the
weapon at a Soviet-made tank when he looked up to check
his aim and was cut down by enemy machine-gun fire.
The total U.S. dead in the Korean War numbers 36,516.
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