This Day in History: Truman Orders US Forces to Korea
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This Day in
History: Truman
Orders US Forces to Korea June 27, 1950 The U.S. President's
order came after 90,000
North Korean troops
invaded South Korea. A U.N. Security Council
approved the U.S. resolution
that called for an "immediate
cessation of hostilities." Truman addressed
the nation by television to
announce the U.S. intervention
in the Korean "conflict." Despite the absence
of a Congressional
declaration of war, the
draft was extended. Three years later to the day,
an armistice was signed
ending the war at the same
division where it began. More than 200,000 North Korean
citizens and close to 800,000 communist
soldiers died in the war. Official tally of
American casualties totaled 36,516.
History: Truman
Orders US Forces to Korea June 27, 1950 The U.S. President's
order came after 90,000
North Korean troops
invaded South Korea. A U.N. Security Council
approved the U.S. resolution
that called for an "immediate
cessation of hostilities." Truman addressed
the nation by television to
announce the U.S. intervention
in the Korean "conflict." Despite the absence
of a Congressional
declaration of war, the
draft was extended. Three years later to the day,
an armistice was signed
ending the war at the same
division where it began. More than 200,000 North Korean
citizens and close to 800,000 communist
soldiers died in the war. Official tally of
American casualties totaled 36,516.