61 years ago: Baseball great Ted Williams was John Glenn’s wingman flying F-9Fs in combat in Korea. When asked to name the greatest team he was ever on, Ted said, “the US Marines”. The Boston Red Sox slugger who wore No. 9 as a...
Admiral Robert Sapp, Jr, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, and Colonel Gillem’s comments on the Korean War. – Admiral Robert Sapp, Jr, United States Coast Guard Commandant, on the role of the Coast Guard and his comments on...
Following WWII, the US moved quickly to demobilize the vast military it had constructed during the conflict. By 1948, less than 550,000 men remained in the Army. Relations between the Russians and Americans deteriorated rapidly. In 1947, the...
The Korean War began today in 1950. We weren’t ready for that war; it took us by surprise, but, in the end we won–militarily. Because of politics the Korean peninsula was and is divided and we are still at war–the fighting ended...
South Korean and U.S. troops facing North Korea are now at their highest alert category since 2006, after the communist regime threatened to attack any US or South Korean ships that try to intercept its vessels looking for banned nuclear exports...