Korean War Veterans Memorial

The Signal Corps played a vital role during the Korean and Cold Wars from 1946-1964. Significant advances during this period include the AN/GRC-26 mobile radio teletype station, the emergence of satellite communications, and the transistor. The end of World War II led to a drawdown and reorganization of not only the Signal Corps, but the entire Armed Forces. This led to the obstacle of doing “more with less.” The five Chief Signal Officers during this timeframe experienced unique challenges. The…

The Ignored North Korean Genocide The genocide in North Korea has been happening for decades, evidence of these camps has been traced back to the end of the Korean War in the 1950’s. Ever since the first reports of these labor camps, the U.N has done little to nothing to stop them as well as the death happening inside of them and that is why the genocide in North Korea is being ignored by the rest of the world. The things happening in North Korea have not been labeled officially as “genocide”…

The Korean War was an avoidable war that we didn’t need to intervene in. The Domino effect was still an acceptable cause to go to war. It was the thought that if one country’s government fell to communism, then more would follow in its path. We had a tough time fighting them though, because of physical geography. That’s most of the reason we didn’t win the war, we weren’t ready for the terrain. The battle of pork chop hill was one of the most important battles. Being in the mountain’s it…

Welcome! Welcome to the Virtual War Memorial Museum. Here, you can find stories of veterans from WWII and Vietnam. War often creates traumatic memories that can dramatically change a person’s life, but coming home can be just as tragic as on the battlefield. While WWII soldiers received a hero’s welcome, soldiers from Vietnam weren’t so lucky, being seen as monster in the public eye. Nevertheless, I am grateful for all of the veterans who have served and protected our country, and to those…

Geographically the countries were located next and under China and Russia, therefore it was not wrong to stay cautious and be concerned of the “sphere of communism” spreading into the countries like a domino effect. However, during the Vietnam War, Korean War and Operation Menu the U.S did use bombs as their ultimate weapon in the battle of “hearts and mind". Through these actions, the U.S. was not consistent with freedom, as well as democracy. Maintaining the containment to these…

The Cold War (1947 – 1991) was fought between the two powerful nations, United States and the Soviet Union. However, there was never any direct contact between the two nations. In these two wars, the United States fought for capitalism and the Soviet Union fought for communism. They are not participate in the war but incitement to war - the United States and the Soviet using the proxy war to fighting with each other. During the Cold War, the two examples of proxy wars are the Korean and…

involved the the Korean war was due to the Truman Doctrine. President Truman being fearful of the spread of communism created the Truman Doctrine. To guarantee that the U.S would support countries fighting against communism. This affected America negatively since they need to support South Korea in fighting the North. Which left the American economy in worse shape then it was. As president Truman need to increase military spending and to create new plan of actions to end the war. The U.S was not…

States would have likely got involved. This is a good example of a conflict with limited involvement by the United States. For a more current and rising threat this essay will look at ISIS since it has now become the biggest terrorist threat that faces the United States and has the most potential to grow. They have control over a large territory that stretches across the border of Syria and Iraq and has over 30,000 fighters with military capabilities (Cronin, 2015). It has gained enough power…

The invasion of Normandy was a decisive battle in World War II. For the Germans, the defeat in France undermined their whole position in Western Europe because it demanded the transfer of forces from the Eastern front. If this invasion had failed, the war would have certainly lengthened. Without transferring troops to the Western Front, Germans could have possibly had enough manpower on the Eastern front to halt the Soviet advance. Then if the Russians were still victorious over the Germans…

Richard E. Kim was born in Hamheung, North Korea in 1932. Kim grew up in a very religious family, his grandfather was a Christian minister. Before the Korean War began Kim and his family fled, moving south until they ended up in Seoul. The communist troops were taking over Seoul, they arrested and killed Kim’s grandfather. Kim escaped Seoul and fled to Inchon. Kim was later caught and put into the Marines as an English translator and a liaison to the United Nations this began in 1950, he served…