The Forgotten War

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• The Forgotten War

Michael Zeller ED 648 2/25/03
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The Korean landscape contains many mountains and
hills which often became the sites of huge
battles.
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Machine Gunners from both sides were often
perched high in the hills.
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South Korean Troops Resting
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Anti-tank Gun
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Russian Tank that was hit by an Anti-tank gun
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US Tank
Source Truman Library 1950
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Heavy Artillery
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Mortar Crew
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Over 100,000 U.S. soldiers were wounded
Wounded infantrymen of Co L, 31st  Inf. Regt.,
7th U.S. Inf. Div., light up cigarettes after
receiving first aid following a battle for Hill
598, near Kumhwa. 14 October 1952.  Korea.
Signal Corps Photo 1-4885-3/FEC-52-30953
(Sylvester)
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Nurses
Do these look like the nurses portrayed on
television shows about War? Were these ladies in
M.A.S.H.?
"Pretty Nurses" by Manuel Tolegian WWII 
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ACTIVITIES
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MASH
Nurse Margaret
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Nurses
These nurses dont look as glamorous as the
nurses in M.A.S.H. Do you think this picture is
amore realistic portrayal of nurse life during
the Korean War? Why or Why not? Write one
paragraph answering this question.
"Nurses In Tent by John Groth Korean War
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STATISTICAL DATA ON THE CASUALTIES OF THE KOREAN
WAR  

• Click here and find out how many U.S. ARMY
  soldiers were killed in action during the Korean
  War.
• Also find out how many soldiers in the Army were
  missing in action at the end of the war.

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Word Search

• Click below and complete the

Korean War Word Search
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Activity
Pretend that you are the man crying in this
photograph. Before your friend died he asked you
to write letter his fiancée and to his
family. Write one of these letters.
A grief stricken American infantryman whose buddy
has been killed in action is comforted by another
soldier. In the background a corpsman
methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni
area, Korea. August 28, 1950. Sfc. Al Chang.
(Army)
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North Korea
Click on the map to go to a list of maps to
answer the questions on the map worksheet.
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THE KOREAN WAR How it Ended

• When fighting reached a stalemate, some in
  politics and the militaryincluding General
  Douglas MacArthur, head of the Far East
  commandadvocated the use of atomic weapons
  against targets in China. Although the Korean War
  was fought solely with conventional weapons,
  peace came only after the Eisenhower
  administration threatened to use nuclear weapons.

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WEBSITES

• DOD 50th Anniversary Site http//korea50.army.mil/
  welcome.shtml
• Marine Corp Korean War Site http//hqinet001.hqmc.
  usmc.mil/HD/Special_Interests/Korean_War_Commemora
  tion.htm
• Korean War Chronology http//hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.m
  il/HD/Special_Interests/KWC/Chronology.htm
• NSA in the Korean War http//www.nsa.gov/korea/ind
  ex.html
• Korean War Veterans Site
• http//www.nps.gov/kwvm/