Korea was ugly and severe and we lost a lot of good men. However, it was a United Nations action in which the U.S. was the main contributor of troops.
“War” wasn’t declared in a formal sense after the North Koreans invaded the south in 1950. The UN sent in troops to push the North back, which they did, An armistice ended the fighting in 1953 and that’s the way it has remained to this day.
Still, I think the sacrifice we made should have been recognized last night.
They don’t call it “The Forgotten War” for nothing.
PBS doesn’t want a “United Nations war” regarded as a failure.
At what used to be the defense building in Seoul, the outside columns are lined with plaques of the war dead. US on one side, by state, and S Korean on the other side. Little bitty print, too. You can still see places where bombs hit the train station columns, as well, in the principal downtown of Seoul.
Yes, that is snark.
Oh, wait, the War On Drugs does not count here. Or the Ware on Poverty. Or ...
They also leave out the Cold War. There were deaths from plane crashes, training accidents, ship collisions and sinkings.
We watched it last night too with my dad who served in Korea, and I thpught the same. Where was their tribute? They had so many songs as filler. They could have done something.
I did see some vets with Korea hats and shirts when they were panning the audience but, yeah, I don’t remember any mention of Korea. What struck Mrs. rktman and me was the constant repetition about calling the suicide hot line. But the whole thing still reminded me of why I get so incensed when I see the ungrateful snotty little snowflakes whining about a friggin’ “safe space” or some other meaningless(to me anyway) type of BS. I got a safe space for you there cupcake.
They mentioned it and listed the numbers of participants, wounded, and killed, then said little about it and moved on. I wondered about that too.
You just found the reason the Korean War is often called “The Forgotten War” by the vets who fought there.