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Korean War: World War Ii
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During the Korean War, you were a news journalist for a popular magazine. The best way for Americans to get news about the war was from you and your peers. While news reports were much faster than had been reported during World War II, news was still limited in terms of informatin available. Today, you are older and technology has changed quite a bit. The internet is a very useful resource for journalists today. You would like to retell the story of the American soldier in Korea.
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At the time the war began, only two Korean linguists were available to the Army Security Agency, Youn P. Kim and Richard Chun, both assigned to the Army Language School in Monterey, California. Y.P. Kim was from California, the son of Korean immigrants, while "Dick" Chun had grown up in Hawaii. Both had served in World War II and had been hired by ASA initially because of their Japanese language abilities.
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The roots of the Korean War are deeply embedded in history. While few regions are less suited to warfare than is the mountainous, river-slashed Korean peninsula, few have known more conflict. For centuries, Korea's three powerful neighbors--China, Japan, and the Soviet Union--vied for its control. By 1910, Japan had established a supremacy that it was to maintain until its defeat in World War II.
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President Truman never asked Congress to declare war, which means the Korean War was never an official American war. Truman made General Douglas McArthur, a World War II hero, the top commander of U.N. troops in Korea even though the president didn’t like McArthur. In hindsight, that was a mistake.
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[I]n contrast to World War II's heavy emphasis on armor, few open tank battles actually occurred over the course of the Korean War. The country's heavily forested and mountainous terrain, as well as the poor road network, meant that tanks were able to operate only in small groups.
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Mr. Stone was a decorated Marine Corps officer in World War II and the Korean War. He was a graduate of Williams College, attended Texas A&M graduate school in geology, and was a long-time resident of New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. Stone was 82 years old.
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