Quotes
Who is quoted with saying, “Retreat, hell! We’re not retreating. We are advancing in a different direction”
Major General Oliver P. Smith
Day the KPA invaded south
June 25th, 1950
Key latitude during the Korean war
38th parallel
Chesty Puller was quoted with saying this, when surrounded by the PVA
“We’ve been looking for the enemy for some time now. We’ve finally found him. We’re surrounded. That simplifies things.”
When KPA captured the capital of South Korea, Seoul
June 28th, 1950
Leader of KPA
Kim ll Sung
“In my generation, this was not the first occasion when the strong had attacked the weak. Communism was acting in Korea just as Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese had acted ten, fifteen, and twenty years earlier. I felt certain that if South Korea was allowed to fall, Communist leaders would be emboldened to override nations closer to our own shores.” (Hint: president at the time)
Harry S. Truman
September 15th, 1950
Landing at Inchon
What percent of the UN forces did the US make up?
90%