Posted on 01/02/2007 9:05:40 AM PST by syriacus
115 youths in all. All younger than 18.
No one demanded that WMDs needed to be found in 1950 Korea, in order to justify freeing South Koreans from potential domination by Kim Jong-Il's father, Kim Il-sung..
Name -- State -- Date of death
Donald R Abel -- Pennsylvania 4 Nov 1950
James V Ashbaugh -- Ohio 6 Dec 1950
Donald L Bakie -- Maryland 2 Nov 1950
Ronald R Barker -- Virginia 2 Dec 1950
Robert A Jr Best Jr --Wisconsin 2 Dec 1950
Curtis L Bowman -- Virginia 24 Dec 1950
Donald W Boyd -- Pennsylvania 28 Nov 1950
Kenneth L Bridger -- Washington 30 Nov 1950
Buddy B Burris -- California 4 Dec 1950
John M Carnes -- Ohio 12 Dec 1950
Melvin H Chantre -- Massachusetts 2 Nov 1950
John B Christiana -- Pennsylvania 30 Nov 1950
Freddie E Church -- Ohio 1 Nov 1950
Arthur A Clifton -- New Mexico 11 Dec 1950
William Colletti -- Maryland 2 Dec 1950
Clifton W Conley -- Pennsylvania 4 Dec 1950
Henry D Connell -- Massachusetts 2 Nov 1950
Howard D Cook -- Kentucky 6 Nov 1950
John E Cook -- New York 29 Nov 1950
Patrick H Creagan -- Iowa 3 Dec 1950
Arthur E Crim -- Ohio 28 Nov 1950
Harold E Dale -- Michigan 13 Dec 1950
Edward H Davis -- Mississippi 2 Dec 1950
Amos Jr Douglas -- Ohio 28 Nov 1950
Richard D Espinoza -- Illinois 29 Nov 1950
Gene E Evans -- California 12 Dec 1950
William F Evans -- New Jersey 3 Dec 1950
Gerald A Farris -- California 2 Dec 1950
Eric N Jr Flackman -- California 11 Dec 1950
Irvin E Focht -- Ohio 12 Dec 1950
James L Franklin -- Virginia 6 Nov 1950
Royce C Gibson -- Kentucky 27 Nov 1950
J W Gilland -- Alabama 3 Nov 1950
Larry O Greenfield -- Iowa 14 Dec 1950
Raymond Gunderson -- Wisconsin 10 Nov 1950
Lewis S Harsher -- West Virginia 2 Dec 1950
Clarence G Hartley -- Washington 30 Nov 1950
Paul E Heald -- Florida 3 Dec 1950
Glenwood C Helman -- Pennsylvania 30 Nov 1950
Jerold C Hoffman -- Pennsylvania 15 Nov 1950
Charles L Hogan -- Texas 2 Dec 1950
Theodore H Hopke -- New York 2 Nov 1950
William C Hunt -- Kentucky 26 Nov 1950
Jack W Hutchison -- Michigan 30 Nov 1950
Harold S Jackson -- Ohio 13 Nov 1950
Herbert Jackson -- Pennsylvania 11 Nov 1950
Joseph B Joe -- Louisiana 1 Dec 1950
Eldride Johnson -- Louisiana 27 Nov 1950
John B Johnson -- North Carolina 15 Dec 1950
Wesley Johnson -- Alabama 2 Nov 1950
Robert N Jones -- California 26 Nov 1950
John J Keglovitz -- Pennsylvania 15 Dec 1950
Donald E Kelly -- California 3 Dec 1950
George E Kessler -- Virginia 28 Nov 1950
Martin A King -- Pennsylvania 2 Nov 1950
George H Lawall -- Pennsylvania 15 Dec 1950
Ray K Lilly -- West Virginia 2 Nov 1950
Kenneth W Lippert -- Ohio 2 Nov 1950
Richard A Lucas -- New Jersey 26 Nov 1950
Marshall F Lyons -- Michigan 11 Nov 1950
Donald V MacLean -- Ohio 2 Dec 1950
Henry E Jr Matton -- Wisconsin 11 Nov 1950
Donald McClellan -- Michigan 11 Dec 1950
Richard McKinney -- California 2 Dec 1950
Gerald W McLean -- Kentucky 30 Nov 1950
John D Meikle -- Virginia 15 Dec 1950
Norman E Moore -- Massachusetts 28 Nov 1950
Roland B Mullen -- Pennsylvania 21 Dec 1950
George R Jr Nedley -- Pennsylvania 29 Nov 1950
Henry R Oneal -- California 28 Nov 1950
Dick E Osborne -- Pennsylvania 2 Nov 1950
Edison F Owens -- Illinois 28 Nov 1950
Michael H Paczocha -- Wisconsin 28 Nov 1950
James R Palmer -- Ohio 2 Nov 1950
Thomas L Parker -- Georgia 27 Nov 1950
Philip O Peterson -- Minnesota 2 Dec 1950
George Jr Petty -- Pennsylvania 27 Nov 1950
Walter Pierce -- Pennsylvania 2 Nov 1950
Roger W Pleshek -- Michigan 30 Nov 1950
Alton R Register -- North Carolina 2 Dec 1950
James A Riddle -- Michigan 2 Dec 1950
Kenneth M Rinkes -- Ohio 3 Dec 1950
Joseph A Roberts -- Massachusetts 2 Nov 1950
Joseph C Robinson -- Pennsylvania 28 Nov 1950
Herman Rose -- North Carolina 3 Dec 1950
Paul E Rose -- Pennsylvania 3 Dec 1950
Joseph Serback -- West Virginia 27 Nov 1950
Anthony R Sidoti -- Connecticut 2 Nov 1950
Marvin M Sihrer -- South Dakota 27 Nov 1950
Donald M Smith -- Kentucky 28 Nov 1950
Donald R Smith -- Ohio 2 Dec 1950
William Sneed -- Michigan 3 Dec 1950
Walter A Snyder -- Ohio 6 Dec 1950
Louis Jr Sonnier -- Louisiana 28 Nov 1950
Elmo M Spiller -- Washington 2 Nov 1950
John O Strom -- Minnesota 2 Nov 1950
John L Sullivan -- Tennessee 29 Nov 1950
Earl W Taylor -- Missouri 28 Nov 1950
James W Teague -- North Carolina 28 Nov 1950
Billy E Tennison -- Texas 1 Dec 1950
Ernest L Jr Thorpe -- Pennsylvania 15 Dec 1950
Barney A Tolbert -- Alabama 2 Dec 1950
Alfredo T Trevino -- Texas 2 Dec 1950
Darold D Urbanski -- Wyoming 1 Dec 1950
Richa Van Newhouse -- Ohio 6 Dec 1950
Rex E Wagner -- Ohio 2 Nov 1950
Lawrence R Walker -- California 30 Nov 1950
Donald E Wallace -- Tennessee 28 Nov 1950
George W Walters -- Maryland 2 Nov 1950
Kenneth E Walters -- Oklahoma 6 Dec 1950
Calvin Benjamin Ward -- Maryland 3 Dec 1950
Willie Jr Watts -- South Carolina 27 Nov 1950
Berl D Weekley -- Florida 28 Nov 1950
David G Wheat -- Louisiana 11 Nov 1950
Richard W Young -- Pennsylvania 26 Nov 1950
Also, it's possible that some 16 year-olds are among those who died in 1950.
I believe we still have 800 or so buried up in North Korea, killed when the Chinese unilaterally, illegally, pre-emptively, immorally, and unjustly entered the war.
I doubt that any "surge" into Iraq would include many 17 year olds.
May they rest in peace.
Yes. And may we all remember to be grateful to these young men, who (most likely) have no descendants.
If they were still alive, they could be 73 year-old grandparents or great-grandparents.
Dictators have a powerful craving for powerful weaponry.
If someone would have hanged Kim il-sung soon after he invaded South Korea in 1950, his son would most likely not be threatening to develop nuclear weapons in the 21st Century.
And I might add that the Korean War was "UN-approved"
Isn't it funny.....
* Kennedy didn't need to find WMDs to justify going into Vietnam
* Clinton didn't need to find WMDs in the former Yugoslavia and
* Truman didn't need to find WMDs in Korea.
Exactly.
Since Truman was a Democrat, it's okay that almost 34000 Americans died for Korean freedom.
Since Bush is a Republican, it's not okay for 3,000 Americans to die for Iraqi freedom.
More Americans died in Korea in one month* than have died in all the years we have been in Iraq.
*3475 Americans died fighting for Korean freedom in November, 1950
3345 Americans died fighting for Korean freedom in September, 1950
lets remember all that died in all wars to continue providing us our freedom. i lost an 18 year old uncle who fought the inchon invasion as well as the chosin and survived only to die shortly after in korea from spinal meningitis.
It's also no coincidence that the U.S. either lost those wars, or has committed itself to a perpetual military presence in those places.
Truman was lucky. Russia was boycotting the security council.
June 24, 1950 - (U.S. time = Saturday, June 24) (Korea time= Sunday, June 25) at 4 am NK invaded SK with 90,000 troops equipped with Soviet weapons and Soviet T-34 tanks, quickly overran SK defenses, captured Uijongbu highway center 20 mi. north of Seoul in 2 days, captured Seoul by June 28 as ROK fled south blowing up Han River bridges, killing refugees, trapping 44,000 own men north of riverIronically, within 6 months, the Europeans were complaining that Truman was paying too much attention to Asia. They wanted the US to be available for their defense. MacArthur later pointed out that the US needed to fight the communists in Korea or the fight against Communism would take place in the streets of Europe.June 25, 1950 - Sunday, Truman returned to Blair House from Independence, MO, and met with NSC - ordered U.S. Navy and AF into SK to stop invasion (but not Army ground troops)
June 26, 1950 - Monday, Truman asked and received support from UN - Russia was absent because boycotting Security Council until seat given to Communist China
June 27, 1950 - Tuesday, 2nd UN meeting approved use of ground troops; Truman ordered the 7th Fleet to the Taiwan Strait to protect Formosa. -
In the interest of balance, you did pick two of the worst months in the Korean War (I believe your choices covered the Inchon landings/first re-capture of Seoul and the Chinese offensive)
I love it!!
I'm not sure what your point is.
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