1. The Korean War… aka The Forgotten War The History Channel Presents…

2. Background 1 ½ million Americans left their homes to protect the freedom of people halfway around the world Jan. 1950: Sec. of State Dean Acheson drew a line protecting Japan and the Philippines BUT not the Korean peninsula North Korea invades in July 1950 August 2 nd : First Marines to land in Korea (Pusan) September: U.S. takes back Inchon October 9 th : Last S. Korean City taken by the North had been reclaimed! October 17 th : U.S. advances to Pyongyang in North Korea

3. RUMOR: Troops will be home by Christmas! October: Red China threatened to go to war if the 38 th Parallel was crossed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (MacArthur tells Truman: NO way! – WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) November 27-28th: 300,000 Chinese go to war => Mao Zedong, like a crafty spider, spun a trap! On the ground, U.S. troops were outnumbered 10 to 1. “Hell on Earth” Freezing cold – the coldest conditions the American soldier has EVER faced!

4. Personalities Rev. Harold Kane Frank Kerr Len Maffioli David Hackworth