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Less than three weeks after North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel, President Harry Truman moved to unify the international response under a single commander. On July 8th, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur, already commanding United States forces in the Far East, was designated to lead United Nations military operations in Korea.
One year later to the day, another daring mission unfolded in the skies over the Pacific. On April 18th, 1943, United States forces executed a carefully planned interception of the aircraft carrying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the Pearl Harbor attack. Guided by intelligence that revealed his inspection tour schedule, a handpicked group of long-range P-38 Lightning fighters flew at low altitude across o
Before dawn on Leyte, the world was reduced to shadows, muzzle flashes, and the flat crack of Japanese rifles. Company A of the 382nd Infantry had clawed its way to the edge of the enemy‑held Buri airstrip, then stalled. Out in front, less than a hundred yards away, Japanese soldiers were dug into bomb craters and a drainage ditch, their machine guns perfectly sighted on every patch of open ground. Anyone who tried t
Five days after North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea, President Harry Truman took a decisive step. On June 30th, 1950, he authorized the deployment of United States ground combat units to support South Korean forces already reeling under the assault. Air and naval power had been committed earlier, but this order meant American soldiers would again fight on the ground in Asia.
10TP — Poland. Open the vehicle profile in the Trackpads Armor Archive.
Cruiser Tank Mk III/IV A13 family — United Kingdom. Open the vehicle profile in the Trackpads Armor Archive.
Panzerwagen 39 / LTH — Switzerland / Czechoslovakia. Open the vehicle profile in the Trackpads Armor Archive.
Type 97 Chi-Ha — Japan. Open the vehicle profile in the Trackpads Armor Archive.
Alexander Rives Skinker — Captain U.S. Army World War I Cheppy, France
Alphonso M. Lunt — Sergeant U.S. Army Civil War Opequan Creek, Virginia, USA
Alvin P. Carey — Staff Sergeant U.S. Army World War II near Plougastel, Brittany, France
Beauford Theodore Anderson — Technical Sergeant U.S. Army World War II Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
Carlton Barmore Hutchins — Lieutenant U.S. Navy Interim 1920 - 1940 off California Coast, California, USA
Charles Joseph Murphy — First Lieutenant & Quartermaster U.S. Army Civil War Bull Run, Virginia, USA
Charles Richard Long — Sergeant U.S. Army Korean War near Hoeng-song, Korea
Clarence Byrle Craft — Private First Class U.S. Army World War II Hen Hill, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
Douglas Thomas Jacobson — Private First Class U.S. Marine Corps Reserve World War II Hill 382, Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands
Edward J Moskala — Private First Class U.S. Army World War II Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands