“Armed forces from Communist North Korea invaded the American-supported republic of South Korea today when they crossed the 38th parallel, the boundary that divides the zones. It was unclear at first whether the United States would take direct military action to defend the nation. However, South Korean Ambassador John Myun Chang said during a conference at the State Department, "I don't think the United States will abandon us."
"The extent and purpose of the attacks remained unclear for hours after the first fragmentary reports of the invasion were received," reported The Cedar Rapids Gazette on June 25, 1950. "But shortly after noon, the Communists' radio at Pyongyang, the Northern capital, said that war had been declared effective at 11 a.m."
NOTE: Two days after the invasion, President Truman authorized the use of American forces to aid South Korea. The June 25 attacks marked the beginning of the Korean War, a conflict that lasted until 1953.”
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Here we are all these years later…still having to mess with North Korea. I was 9 years old when North Korea invaded South Korea. I remember it. But not in a great amount of detail.
I was into news even at that age. I remember in great detail the Army-McCarthy Hearings and that was in 1954. I suspect one reason that I remember the hearings so well is that I was not going to school and it was the only thing on TV.
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