The Forgotten War: The Korean War

The Korean War was a difficult time for many people. Americans were worried that the soldiers wouldn't come back, and some of them never did. Even though it was called the Korean War, North and South Korea were not the only countries involved in the war. Countries from all over the world either sent troops or supplies to both North and South Korea. Although the Korean war only lasted three years, its four stages of the war were harsh and took many lives, and is now often called the Forgotten War.

The Korean War started with North Korea’s invasion to the Pusan Perimeter, on June 25, 1950. North Korea's invasion was the first of four stages of the Korean war. The North Koreans called their invasion a violation of peace. When the invasion happened, the North had 135,000 soldiers. Since the South wasn’t prepared for war, troops from sixteen different countries fought alongside the South. Forty-one more countries got involved in the war by supplying the South with weapons and food.

The second stage of the Korean war was the Inchon Landing. In the time of the Inchon Landing, which was led by General Douglas MacArthur, the course of the war changed completely. In September of 1950, after the invasion, U.S X Corps and the U.S Marines, sailed from Japan to

Since many don’t remember the Korean War, it is often called the Forgotten War. This war has been called the Forgotten War since the October of 1951. At the time when China entered the war in 1950, then resulted in stalemate in 1951, most people didn’t want to read or even think about Korea or the Korean War. Many of the soldiers, who fought in the Korean, war never told their wives or children about fighting in it. Veterans of the Vietnam War and World War II loved to come home and talk about all the experiences of the war, but Korean War veterans came home and tried their best to forget about the