Korean War
Published: January 16, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Colonel Harold Fischer survived two years in a Chinese prison camp after getting shot down over Manchuria.Interview by Bob Bergin
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Published: November 14, 2006 at 11:09 am
Captain James Jabara became the first American ace in Korea when he turned his fifth MiG into a 'whirl of fire'...and he had only just begun. Before he was done, he would record 15 'kills.'
Published: August 21, 2006 at 4:46 pm
Two North Korean divisions tried to force their way through the valley north of Tabu-dong, but it was their American and South Korean opponents who displayed remarkable cooperation.By Uzal W. Ent
Published: August 21, 2006 at 4:43 pm
Korea had its 'Battle of the Bulge'--two in fact. In the First Battle of the Naktong Bulge, the North Korean offensive threatened to overwhelm the U.S. and South Korean defenders.By Uzal E. Ent
Published: August 21, 2006 at 4:41 pm
When the British 27th Brigade entered combat on the Naktong River 50 years ago, the men arrived without transport and artillery. But they had tradition -- and soon the North Koreans would find out what that meant.By Jon Latimer
Published: August 21, 2006 at 4:37 pm
Offered as bait in the hills of Korea, already blocked by vastly superior enemy numbers, we were ordered to keep on holding.First Person By Ansil L.Walker
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
World War II ended on the deck of the USS Missouri. Five years later the Korean War broke out--and the 'Mighty Mo' was the only U.S. battleship ready to fight.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:14 pm
For more than two years, Hiroshi Miyamura's Medal of Honor was a tightly guarded secret.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:14 pm
In 1950, as U.S. Marines tried to fight their way out of a Chinese trap, Korea suffered its worst winter of the century. The men who struggled there suffered accordingly.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:13 pm
In spite of the daunting threat of enemy jet fighters, Boeing B-29s served throughout the Korean War.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:12 pm
On a grim November night in 1950, the Chinese attacked and attacked -- until all that was left was a string of Americans and British enclaves, each group fighting on its own.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:11 pm
Operation Chromite -- the September 1950 amphibious landings at Inchon -- rehabilitated the U.S. military's tarnished post-World War II image.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:09 pm
A bloody seesaw struggle for Hill 255 -- a minor territorial chip at the negotiating table -- came to be remembered as a symbol for the entire Korean War.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm
If you think the U.S. Navy's activities off Korea were limited to offshore bombardment and carrier strikes, you don't know CIA's front organization, Joint Advisory Commission, Korea (JACK).
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Inexperienced but well trained and eager to show their mettle, the first Turkish troops arrived in Korea just in time to face the Chinese onslaught of November 1950.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Forty-five years after shipping out to fight in Korea, Harry Summers got new insight into what the war had been all about.
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