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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).


KOREAN WAR'S SYMBOL: HILL 255
Korean War: Battle on Pork Chop Hill
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.
   
INTERVIEW
Korean War: Interview With U.S. Marine Lee Bergee -- Chosin Reservoir Battle Survivor and Author
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.
 
MACARTHUR’S LAST TRIUMPH
Korean War: Operation Chromite
Operation Chromite -- the September 1950 amphibious landings at Inchon -- rehabilitated the U.S. military's tarnished post-World War II image.
   
 
INTERVIEW
Korean War: Interview with Lt. Joe Kingston
A year after leaving West Point, Lt. Joe Kingston was en route to Korea, where he, like a lot of others, found himself retreating and advancing in a single day.
 
TASK FORCE DRYSDALE
Korean War: Death of Task Force Drysdale
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.
   
 
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
Denis Warner: Eyewitness to the Early Days of the Korean War
An Australian journalist witnessed firsthand the chaotic early days of American involvement in the Korean War.
 
CIA-SPONSORED SECRET NAVAL RAIDS
Korean War: CIA-Sponsored Secret Naval Raids
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).
   
 
HIROSHI MIYAMURA
Korean War: Hiroshi Miyamura's Medal of Honor
For more than two years, Hiroshi Miyamura's Medal of Honor was a tightly guarded secret.
 
1ST TURKISH BRIGADE
Korean War: 1st Turkish Brigade's Baptism of Fire
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.
   
 
24TH AND 34TH INFANTRY REGIMENTS
Korean War: Forgotten 24th and 34th Infantry Regiments
Though often maligned or dismissed in Korean War annals, the 24th and 34th Infantry regiments did their best to stem the North Korean onslaught in the conflict's first months.
 
AERIAL WARFARE
A New Era in Aerial Warfare Began During the Korean War
The first months of the Korean War saw a struggle for air superiority acted out by the fighters of the World War II vintage. Then the MiGs arrived, and a new era in aerial warfare began.
   
 
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS
Korean War: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress Served Throughout the Air War
In spite of the daunting threat of enemy jet fighters, Boeing B-29s served throughout the Korean War.
 
   
 
 
   
 
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