The United States was caught by surprise when heavily-armed North Korean troops and tanks poured into South Korea on June 25, 1950. But the Chicago Tribune had predicted America’s enemies would ...

The Korean War was wedged between World War ... President Harry Truman ordered American land and naval forces to come to South Korea's aid. U.S. forces in Japan were quickly shuttled to the ...

President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur, commander of U.N. forces during the Korean War, meet face to face or the first time at Wake Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, on ...

In June 1950, President Harry Truman ordered a naval blockade of the Korean coast and authorized Gen. Douglas MacArthur to send U.S. ground troops into Korea. During the three-year war, history ...

But in South Korea, a country where Truman decided to commit U.S. and U.N. troops soon after the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, Daniel hopes his grandfather is remembered as "a guy that took ...

T hough the Korean War started on this day 65 years ago—June 25, 1950—when North Korean tanks crossed the 38th parallel, ... Newly nominated Vice Presidental candidate Harry S. Truman (C), ...

On the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted the Korean War, one American received a special honor in South Korea: former President Harry S. Truman, in whose memory a new, nearly 14-foot ...

Truman leaves nuclear option on the table in Korean War, Nov. 30, 1950 President Harry Truman asserted that the United States would take “whatever steps were necessary” to stop the communist ...

The Korean War started 75 years ago and is still going by Eliot Wilson, ... President Harry Truman created a U.S. Military Advisory Group to train and support Rhee’s forces.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur, left, and President Harry S. Truman meet on Oct. 14, 1950, on Wake Island to discuss the Korean War. (AP) Perspective by Mary L. Dudziak The collapse of talks between ...