Word: koreans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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More important, Truman was hagridden by a long, apparently stalemated Asian war. While the Korean armistice negotiations begun ten months before remained in limbo, Republicans were sniping mercilessly at the Administration, hissing about Deepfreezes and mink coats, Communism and corruption in Government. More than ever, Truman was ready for the peace of Independence, Mo. In fact, he had made his withdrawal decision a full three years before, confiding it, like Johnson, to only a few intimates. In a memorandum to himself early in 1950, Truman wrote: "Eight years as President is enough...
...stacked aboard a tank in Hue-daily underscored the war's horror. Since the widespread attacks began on Jan. 31, the U.S. has lost an average of 500 men a week, pushing the overall casualty total-Americans killed in action or wounded-since the beginning of 1961 above Korean War totals...
...five declared wars: War of 1812, Mexican War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II. The six undeclared wars: the naval war with France (1798 to 1800), the First and Second Barbary Wars (1801-1805 and 1815), the Mexican-American conflict of 1914-1917, the Korean War and Viet...
...disability policy with Western National Life Insurance Co. of Texas, and at first the company agreed to pay him $150 a month for at least two years. Then it reversed itself and stopped payments on grounds that his injury was really an illness. Wearing a brace, Korean War Veteran Fletcher went to court to ask for $50,000 as compensation and $1,000,000 in punitive damages under the outrage law. The jury, no doubt impressed by the fact that he is the sole support of eight children, three foster children, two grandchildren and a wife, gave him the full...
Questioning, nonetheless, was still going on even after President Johnson ordered a retaliatory attack against North Viet Nam and announced shortly after 11:30 p.m. (Washington time) on Aug. 4 that the U.S. was officially sending men into battle for the first time since the Korean War. A few minutes later, 64 jets from Ticonderoga and Constitution blasted five targets in North Viet...