July 12th - July 18th
A Russian made T34/85 tank knocked out in Taejon, Korea, on 20 July stands at testimony to the heroic action of Major General William F. Dean, Commanding Officer, 24th Infantry Division.
By Staff | Stars and Stripes July 12, 2020
July 13th, 2013 – Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and causes widespread damage in Taiwan and East China .
July 14th, 1950 – Korean War: The Battle of Taejon begins, a tactical loss for the United States but a strategic victory.
July 15th, 1966 – Vietnam War: U.S. Marine and South Vietnamese Army personnel launch Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese back across the Demilitarized Zone.
July 16th - 1950 - Korean War: During the Battle of Taejon, the Chaplain–Medic massacre occurs, a murder of thirty unarmed American POWs and an Army chaplain by the North Korean Army.
July 18th, 1944 – World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan after the fall of Saipan.