Korean War
‘Never give up’: Hundreds gather for updates from defense agency on loved ones missing in action from Korean War
More than 300 families attended the annual briefing on the Korean War and Cold War. They represent a fraction of the 7,500 presumed missing from the Korean War. Most will never get the answers they seek. “We are at the mercy of geopolitics,” said Kelly McKeague, director of the DPAA.
It may be called the 'Forgotten War,' but the Korean conflict set the stage for decades of tensions
The Korean War is often called the “Forgotten War” in the United States because the 1950-53 conflict was overshadowed between World War II and Vietnam.
A story of soldiers helping Korean orphans
As veterans and politicians remembered the 50th anniversary of the end of fighting in the Korean War three years ago, George Drake looked on with disappointment.
SFC, wounded 9 Times, wants 3rd Korean tour
Fifteen years of Army service and a chestful of decorations, including the nation's second highest award, hasn't satisfied SFC Charles E. Ashton's appetite for a good scrap.
Dean begins hospital cure
An American hero of the Korean war, Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, today began a 13day treatment for amoebic dysentery in Tokyo Army Hospital, the effects of three years as a Communist prisoner of war.
'It seems like a dream,' happy Dean says
The Communists' prize prisoner returned to freedom yesterday in a tailor-made suit and a dream.
General Dean returns
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean came back today.