Korean War

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Montage of images from the Korean War. Clockwise from top: U.S. Marines retreating during the Battle of the Chosin Resevoir, U.N. landing at Incheon, Korean refugees in front of an American M46 Patton tank, U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, landing at Incheon, and an American F-86 Sabre fighter jet.

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In an address to a Joint Meeting of U.S Congress on July 28, 1954, South Korean President Syngman Rhee expressed thanks to the United States for its intervention in the Korean War. His speech also included a frank request for additional financial and military aid to oust communism from his homeland and for launch of an attack on China. Vice President Richard Nixon and Speaker Joseph Martin sat behind Syngman Rhee.

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Historical Overview

The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea was supported by the United Nations led by the United States under the auspices of the United Nations Command (UNC).