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 * It's known as "The Forgotten War", but all Americans should learn 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, events, and impact 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!**

~It was the First wars to have Jet vs. Jet fighting. The americans had the f-86 saber and the russians had the Mig 15 ~Many amphibious assaults happened in Korea like the Inchon Landing in which the U.S. cut of the supply lines on the Pusan perimeter, as well as giving them a hard ground air field ~Mao Zedong was the communist leader and the nationalist government was ran by Chiang Kai-Shek who was defeated and fled to taiwan ~The war on Korea was Trumans test to see if his containment policy would work. It was appealed to the UN and they started the war. ~The war ended in a stalemate because trumans term ended and eisenhower said he would end the unpopular war and he did. He ended it by talking with the nations but he warned china he would nuke them if they went back on their word ~North Korea was communist and South Korea was democratic. The war started when NK invaded SK ~The reason we helped SK was because they were about to be taken over by communism and america feared that communism would take over the world ~Many women started to contribute to the war. Women started becoming very involved ~6.8 million served on active duty ~California has the highest number or Veterans that served in the 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**.

A grief-stricken American infantryman, whose buddy has been killed in action, is comforted by another soldier. Haktong-ni area, South Korea August 28, 1950. U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph. Sfc. Al Chang. The Korean war was fought in many different kinds of terrrain. sometimes it was tropical and sometimes it was tundra

This is the memoriole given to the veterans


 * 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)** [[image:366.png]]This is the map of north and south korea


 * 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 ...**

//**"The attack upon Korea makes it plain beyond all doubt that Communism has passed beyond the use of subversion to conquer independent nations and will now use armed invasion and war."**// - President Harry S Truman in his speech describing the military involvement of the US in Korea, without a declaration of war from Congress.


 * 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]