Not in defense of the Yellow hordes…but MacArthur was talking about nuking them as our troops approached the Yalu.
They were not invading Korea to take territory.
I am sorry your husband suffered. My Dad was a combat vet from that war.
Regardless of our personal feelings of that war, it was not a war of Chinese aggression.
North Korea and South Korea were not China. We were definitely fighting Chinese troops in North Korea, and since my husband spoke a lot about the Chosin Reservoir, that may be where he experienced Chinese wave attack combat. He also fought a lot during the 2 years of “peace” negotiations near Seoul in S. Korea.
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/the-korean-war-and-the-battle-of-chosin-reservoir
Here is a very detailed history of that war which killed around 3 million people. Looking at other sites it appears a little under 200,000 Chinese were killed on Korean land, and not quite 400,000 Chinese wounded there. I was surprised at the major influence of Russia in this war which makes me that much more committed to the idea of helping Ukraine win.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
China eventually retreated back to Chinese land, but I hardly considere N. Korea free of Chinese influence and control. A little like Belarus and Russia.