If not for the USMC, Korea would have been lost. The US Army had gone so far downhill that many of the troops sent over from Japan at first couldn’t properly assemble an M1 Garand. The NKs rolled right over them. Fortunately the Marines hadn’t lowered their standards.
‘Someone’ didn’t want America to win that war and pacify the peninsula. The ongoing threats of regional conflicts keep the military industrial complex growing in wealth and power.
Have we decided to take note of the fact that almost half of the women in the US Army can’t pass the PT test? And those that do, many of them are at the minimal level to qualify???
They let Russians into Central Europe. They let Communists take over China!
Finally, some red line had to drawn! If not in Korea, it would be in Japan or maybe all the way in California.
Korean war was the red line, finally stopping the wave of Communism.
The National Guard was cannon fodder for Harry's police action.
My dad Marine was at The Chosin. Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient. He always mentioned how he admired MacArthur and felt cheated they were not able to take care of business and finish the job.