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Posted on 4/21/20 at 8:59 pm to jlovel7
My dad was stationed in Korea right after the war. There were still plenty of troops from different countries there he said. My dad said that the Turks were some of the toughest men he had ever met. He and one of his army buddies were on leave one weekend when they went into a bar and there was a couple of Turks sitting in back. The Turks carried these really big knives. My dads buddy ask one of the could he see it, the Turk says sure. My dad’s buddy hands it back and the Turk slices his own hand. They were like “ What the hell “? The Turk said it was kind of their religion if the knife comes out it has to have blood on it before he could holster it back
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:01 pm to jlovel7
Same as the War of 1812
It was pretty much a status quo ante bellum
We accomplished our goal of liberating South Korea pretty easily then Mac once again got too big for his britches and spooked China into it and they kicked our arse all the way back down the peninsula.
It was pretty much a status quo ante bellum
We accomplished our goal of liberating South Korea pretty easily then Mac once again got too big for his britches and spooked China into it and they kicked our arse all the way back down the peninsula.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:02 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
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And I'd argue that I could learn more from those two wars than learning about WWII for the dozenth time.
I’d argue against that. I can’t speak on your military history learnings, but the advancement of the US military is largely based on WWII. Not to mention economic implications. And industrial.
Tons of social implications. women in the work place, religious persecution. Even today, the term OK Boomer had its roots in WWII
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:04 pm to borotiger
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Fun Fact: The popular live reality TV series “M.A.S.H.” was filmed twenty years after the Korean Conflict
Some dumbass downvoted facts.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:05 pm to GeauxTigersGo
My Great Uncle was in the Marines. He enlisted pretty much right out of high school to go fight in WWII and made it back uninjured other than a slight case of PTSD which wasn’t even a thing back then. He remained in the USMC after the war and was a Hollywood DI for a while and learned to box at Pendleton where he got to be very good. I mean really good. So good in fact that when Korea rolled around, there was talk that he could get out of going which he promptly said the hell with. He lost most of his right hand in Korea, which ended a boxing career of him fighting. However, he came home and opened up a boxing gym and went on to train numerous amateurs, pros, champs, kids, Olympic Medal winners, and regular Joes off the street.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:05 pm to Armymann50
quote:For about 10 months of the year.
It was really frickin cold.
The other two are hot, humid, rainy, and miserable in a novel way.
Worked with a Marine that was on the Chosin.
They did not leave their dead.
He also said the ROK guys were straight-up muthafrickas.
He was happy to have them on his side.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:09 pm to ChewyDante
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that it was a direct shooting confrontation between the United States and China.
And once China did start shooting, they kicked our arse. Just too many of the little frickers.
Some of the stories that are out there about some of the battles fought while we were on retreat are crazy. Our boys fought out of a couple situations where none of them should have survived. And it was brutally cold.
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Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:12 pm to borotiger
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Some dumbass downvoted facts.
Actually, I was the dumbass that typed after instead of before.
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Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:13 pm to kciDAtaE
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I’d argue against that.
Wasn't trying to say that learning about WWII isn't as useful, even though it did kind of come out that way.
Just that on an elementary/highschool and even intro college level it would've been nice to learn about Korea/Vietnam at least once. Instead, I had about a dozen lectures/projects on WWII which pretty much were on the same specific topic anyway.
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Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:28 pm to jlovel7
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Why doesn’t it receive more discussion?
We didn't "win." That's why you don't hear much discussion about it.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:36 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
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Wasn't trying to say that learning about WWII isn't as useful, even though it did kind of come out that way.
Just that on an elementary/highschool and even intro college level it would've been nice to learn about Korea/Vietnam at least once. Instead, I had about a dozen lectures/projects on WWII which pretty much were on the same specific topic anyway.
WWII is also extremely under taught. Most people get their WWII knowledge from Hollywood and TV. WWII, the interwar period, and the war's aftermath are incredibly content dense and have a direct and monumental influence upon current national and international political affairs.
The most troubling aspect of WWII history, IMO, is how much people THINK they know about it yet actually have very superficial knowledge.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:39 pm to jlovel7
My pawpaw fought in Korea. He's passed on now but it must've been pretty fricked up. He never would talk about what went on with anybody, not even his wife and kids. Only thing I ever heard him say was you never forget the smell of burning human flesh.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:40 pm to jlovel7
It was a war sandwiched between the greatest military and domestic campaign in American history and the absolute worst campaign in American history. The Korean War deserves recognition, but it’s simply overshadowed.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:41 pm to jlovel7
You’re right, OP. It’s the forgotten war and I don’t know why. Just in this thread, I learned that Korea is cold, Turks had soldiers over there, and US and Chinese had shooting battles.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:43 pm to Armymann50
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It was really frickin cold.
I watched a documentary last week that explained the Chosin Reservoir battle/breakout and the Bloody George company of Marines. First thought was, damn, it looked cold. Not WWII Eastern front cold—Antarctica cold.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:43 pm to ChewyDante
The extent of most people’s WWII knowledge is “nazis bad” and “we won.”
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:43 pm to Slim Chance
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My pawpaw fought in Korea. He's passed on now but it must've been pretty fricked up. He never would talk about what went on with anybody, not even his wife and kids. Only thing I ever heard him say was you never forget the smell of burning human flesh.
My grandfather was in the 101st in Korea. He was a POW. Received a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. He had nightmares every night until he died. He never talked about it. The only thing he ever said was a response to a comment that a family member said. This person wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone. My grandfather said that he knows what it feels like, and he hoped that no one had to experience that.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:44 pm to TigerChief10
I will tell you why. It's because of all the boy band chatter
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Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:47 pm to ChewyDante
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WWII is also extremely under taught.
All history is under taught. Some history, like Korean War, is extremely under taught. WWII is taught more, but mostly about the Holocaust and Hitler.
The most pathetic example is WWI. Talk about a forgotten war of importance.
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