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 * It's known as "The Forgotten War", but all American should lern about it and remember it ... and that's where you can help. You have been asked to develop a "Korea** 9 **3 2 1" webpage to cover the basic information everyone should know about the Korean War - all on one page. Your page should include ...**


 * 9** - facts about the causes, impact, and events of the Korean War (look at my examples below)
 * 3** - photos that help tell the story of the war, with descriptive captions
 * 2** - maps that help to explain the war.
 * 1** - quote that is essential to understanding the war, with authors and context

9 - **Come up with __9 great facts__ that everyone should know about "The Forgotten War", using the examples below as guides. I will have my own list that will use to compare to yours - hopefully you will ge most of the facts on my list Key Events in the Korean War [|Time Line] ** **[|Korean Armistice Agreement (1953)]**


 * The draft (August 1950 through July 1953) for the Korean War netted 1,569,141 men. For the entire era, which extended 18 months beyond the cease fire, draftees made up 30% of all those who served then. Some 83,858 Marines were drafted between August 1951 and October 1952. At the peak in January 1952, 12,220 leathernecks entered the Corps via ther Selective Service system.
 * Fighting ended with the signing of an armistice on July 27, 1953. After three long years on fighting, there was no victor and peace was never declared .
 * In 1950, U.S. policy toward Korea changed from limited defense below the 38th parallel to reactionary politics caused by fear of expanding communism in Asia.
 * In May 1948, the commission held elections in the southern half of Korea, and Syngman Rhee was elected president of the Republic of Korea. The North responded by inaugurating the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with Kim Il Sung, who had ties to China and the Soviet Union, as its premier.
 * By May 1951, the war had settled into a costly stalemate. The unification by force of the Korean peninsula was no longer possible without expanding the conflict.
 * In December 1952, President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower visited Korea to make his own personal appraisal. Despite additional pressures exerted by the new administration, there was more than six months of bitter fighting before the difficult negotiations succeeded, and the armistice was signed on July 27, 1953.
 * At the end Eisenhower administration had to promise substantial additional aid and a postconflict security pact.
 * Douglas MacArthur was one of the most controversial soldiers in American military history. He proved himself at West Point superintendent and an energetic army chief of staff at a time when fiscal retrenchment was rampant. As a leader, MacArthur possessed a brilliant grasp of strategy and enjoyed greater success at coordinating massive land, sea, and air forces than any of his contemporaries.
 * In January 1947, MacArthur also accepted responsibility as commander of the army's Far East Command. Tranquility was shattered in June 1950 when Communist forces under Kim Il Sung of North Korea invaded South Korea, precipitating the first armed engagement of the cold war.


 * 3 - Photos should help tell the story of the war, so find three photos that work ... and provide a descriptive caption, like the one on my example**.
 * || [[image:2919570539_f94ddfc216.jpg width="250" height="160" align="left" caption="36,940 Americans gave their lives in the Korean Theater. There were 92,134 Americans wounded in action in 103,284 incidents."]] [[image:korea-001-th.jpg width="275" height="198" caption="The Potsdam Conference of victorious Allies in July, 1945, brought the Soviet Union’s commitment to entering the war against Japan. The result was a Soviet occupation of northern Korea and Korea’s partition along the 38th parallel. (U.S. Signal Corps photo.)"]][[image:korea-016-th.jpg width="240" height="190" align="right" caption="Four LSTs unload on the beach at Inchon as marines gather equipment to move rapidly inland on September 15, 1950. Landing ships were stuck in the deep mud flats between one high tide and the next. (U.S. Navy photo.)"]] ||


 * 2 ** - **What's a war without maps? Insert two maps that help tell the story of the causes, events, and/or impact of the map (with a caption for each)**


 * 1 ** - **You know historical quotes can bring old crusty things to like, so find one decent quote that helps add to the content of the Korean War (and provide some context for the quotes). For example ...**

//"I will defend Korea as I would my own country—just as I would California."// — Gen. Douglas MacArthur to Dr. Syngman Rhee, President of the two-month-old South Korean Republic, October 1948 //"On the other side of every mountain [was] another mountain."// — Lieutenant Colonel George Russell, a battalion commander with the Twenty-third Regiment of the Second Infantry Division, describing conditions in Korea //"Even now, I feel guilty that I pulled the trigger."// — Lee Joon-Young, 83, who in 1950 was one of the South Korean executioners ordered to murder dissidents by the Syngman Rhee government to keep them from possibly joining up with the invading North Korean army


 * Looking for some good resources? Consult ...**

795-797 in __Creating__ __America__ the various sites on the [|Korean War] research list on ABC-CLIO [|"Democracy vs. Communism - the Korean War" video] [|Korean War 50th Anniversary] [|Korean War Project] [|Truman Museum & Library: The Korean War] [|Korean War Veterans Memorial Home Page]