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America Comes of Age - The Korean War
Like Lambs to the Slaughter
US defense spending had reached a modern day low. The military was ill-prepared and ill-equipped, those in authority embraced questionable doctrines.
From a post World War II soft life in Japan, with servants to wash their clothes and shine their boots, these American youth were suddenly uprooted and flung into harm's way. There was no "Remember Pearl Harbor."
The North Korean People's Army was on a roll. The North Korean People's Army had invaded the Republic of Korea in South Korea only 11 days earlier and overwhelmed the ill-equipped Republic of Korea armed forces. The North Korean People's Army steamrolled into Seoul, driving refugees and regrouping Republic of Korea Army units before it, clogging roads and throwing the countryside into a panic.
The invasion caught General Douglas MacArthur and his Far East Command and Eighth Army by surprise, despite recent intelligence reports that North Korea was planning for an attack on the Republic of Korea. General MacArthur had disregarded the reports, saying he did not believe war with North Korea was imminent.
The events that unfolded on the Korean peninsula some 45 years ago offer a telling reminder of what happens when a force goes to war unprepared. Disaster lurks around every bend.
Facing a force of 130,000 NKP soldiers, 3,000 Soviet advisors, a full array of heavy weapons, aircraft and the formidable T-34/85, arguably the best tank to come out of World War II.
American GIs fought bravely at times. At other times when confronted with overwhelming, numerically superior forces, they "bugged-out" to the rear, cursing their government for sending them to this stinking, God-forsaken place where human feces were used to fertilize the land.
Photos
The Library of Congress
The Korean War National Museum
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Audio Clips
The Library of Congress - Veterans History Project
Wessel's Living History Farm
Music
Perry Como
Far Away Places
Aaron Copeland
Fanfare for the Common Man
John Williams
Saving Private Ryan
Omaha beach
Hymn to the Fallen
conceived and produced by:
Dale Caruso
For more information about the Korean War
http://www.army.mil/cmh/
http://www.korea50.mil/
http://americanradioworks.publicradio...
http://www.paulnoll.com/Korea/index.html
http://www.loc.gov/vets/
http://www.koreanwar.org/html/units/2...
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Added: 25th September 2008
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Since 1942, Armed Forces Radio and later, Television Service (AFRTS) has been providing information, education, and most importantly, entertainment to U.S. military forces everywhere.
From broadcasts to the troops serving around the world in WWII, from Soul during the Korean War, Saigon throughout the Vietnam War, to stations in Europe and Iraq today.
Since 1942, through today, wherever American men and women serve, a bit of the "hometown" travels with them. Thanks to Armed Forces Radio and later the Armed Forces Network the entertainment that they held so dear is never really far away. In a way that is perhaps never realized at the moment, when we heard the music that we really never are Far Away From Home
Film Clips and Video Footage: Official and Amateur footage
Vincent Romano Archives
http://www.webalice.it/romanoarchives/
The Armed Forces Network
http://www.afneurope.net/
jnaz33
http://www.youtube.com/jnaz33
ReptilianGems
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Jamie "RustyJms"
http://www.youtube.com/RustyJms
John "WolfieRed1"
http://www.youtube.com/WolfieRed1
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Jay "MyEarbot"
http://www.youtube.com/user/MyEarbot
marcofrix
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http://www.youtube.com/rusherecumbent
Audio Clips
OTRCAT
(pronounced 'oh-tee-R cat' - from Old Time Radio Catalog)
http://www.otrcat.com
music
nowhere to run - Martha and the Vandellas
going up the country - Canned Heat
somebody to love - Jefferson Airplane
sunshine of your love - Cream
papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown
i can't get no satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
reflections - Diana Ross & the Supremes
war - Edwin Starr
we've gotta get out of this place - the Animals
changes - David Bowie
fat bottom girls - Queen
smoke on the water - Deep Purple
featuring the voices of
Don Wilson
Harry von Zell
avacadoazzurro
and of course ...
Bob Hope
conceived and produced by
Dale Caruso
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Added: 26th September 2008
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