By the spring of 1950, only five short years after the last shots of world war ii had been fired, the United States army has been reduced to an active force of 600,000. A great number of these were scattered about the world on occupation duty. But the armed forces of the communists, soviet russia and red china, remained on a strong born time playing and in belligerent posture. Aggression was soon to come. America would be fighting against tyranny for the third time in 32 years. Korea. The crowded finger of land of the crowded finger of land of key importance to the free world in the far east. What happened here opened the next major chapter in the history of the United States army. The war began here at the 38th parallel. Just how does this imaginary line become the fuse for three years of explosion. Before the japanese surrender in world war ii, we made an agreement with the russians who were then our allies. When surrender came on the asian mainland, Russian Troops would accept the s
Children, the human raw material of each shattered nations tomorrow. Preview, in flesh and blood, of its future. Pillars of the brave new world, pillars of the brave new world ages from three to six and not even able to stand. Age nine, mother tortured, father burned alive. Age 10, lost her senses when shells swept her dutch village. Age eight, mother, father, sister, and brother killed all around him in deliberate shell fire because they refused to leave the shelter of a ravine, himself wounded. Age eight, she did not know her strange new toy was a grenade. Ages 10 to 14. Age three, stunted and warped by nutritional deficiency. Pillars of the brave new world, separated from parents whose names they dont even remember. Roaming like wolf packs, stealing, begging, education neglected, all normal influence gone, living in filth, and millions more like them from which will emerge new leaders, new leaders who also bear the burden of keeping the peace together. Four here, too, as well as in
By the spring of 1950, the United States army had been reduced to an active force of 600,000. These wereber of scattered about the world on occupation duty. But the armed forces of the communists, soviet russia and red china, remained on a strong born time playing and in belligerent posture. Aggression was soon to come. America would be fighting against tyranny for the third time in 32 years. Korea. The crowded finger of land of the crowded finger of land of key importance to the free world in the far east. What happened here opened the next major chapter in the history of the United States army. The war began here at the 38th parallel. Just how does this imaginary line become the fuse for three years of explosion. Before the japanese surrender in world war ii, we made an agreement with the russians who were then our allies. When surrender came on the asian mainland, Russian Troops would accept the surrender of Japanese Forces north of the 38th parallel. And we would do the same south
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