mission for himself. korea today is a very important to the united states. bret: korean war cost 37 thousand american lives, 800 thousand chinese soldiers, and as many as 4 million koreans died in a brutal conflict that lasted three years. and changed the course of history. we flattened north korea. to this day, this plays into minds of all koreans in the north. bret: brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. fact that communist forces have invaded korea is a warning. this was the start of the cold war. bret: today 30,000 american troops remain in korea standing vigil at one of the world s most heavily fortified borders. because of everything left the way it was 80 years ago. north korean side did miscalculate once in a real big way. we got the korean war out of that. that doesn t mean they won t miscalculate again. bret: hello i m bret baier, my latest unauthorized history series for fox nation is a 5 part documentary, what is called forgotten war. but may
mission for himself. korea today is a very important to the united states. bret: korean war cost 37 thousand american lives, 800 thousand chinese soldiers, and as many as 4 million koreans died in a brutal conflict that lasted three years. and changed the course of history. we flattened north korea. to this day, this plays into minds of all koreans in the north. bret: brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. fact that communist forces have invaded korea is a warning. this was the start of the cold war. bret: today 30,000 american troops remain in korea standing vigil at one of the world s most heavily fortified borders. because of everything left the way it was 80 years ago. north korean side did miscalculate once in a real big way. we got the korean war out of that. that doesn t mean they won t miscalculate again. bret: hello i m bret baier, my latest unauthorized history series for fox nation is a 5 part documentary, what is called forgotten war. but may
So drop by and seize the savings walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. If you have an image in your head for general Douglas Macarthur, its probably this one, right . The iconic hat, the awesome sunglasses, before biden, right . Douglas macarthurs sunglasses, obviously the giant Corn Cob Pipe when he was the commanding general for u. S. Troops in the korean war china sent hundreds of thousands of chinese troops over the border into north korea to help the communist side in the korean fight and general Douglas Macarthur went to President Truman when that happened and he told President Truman that he wanted the United States to wage war on china in response. This is how the defense contractor, fat leonard, bribed officers of the u. S. Navys seventh fleet. In exchange those officers would allegedly give him classified information about the movement of u. S. Navy ships and confidenti Confidential Information about other contractors that fat leonard would use to undercut them so he
The battle marked the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy as a major fighting force and secured a foothold for the Allies in the Philippines, setting the stage for Japan's eventual defeat in World War II.
Little Rock, circa 1955: The Museum of Natural History in the old arsenal building of MacArthur Park exhibited this bedroom where the WWII hero General Douglas MacArthur was born in 1880. The antique furniture was supposed to match the style of the time. Today, the building is home to the great Arkansas Museum of Military History; well worth a visit.