Many thanks to our guest host bradygirl_12 for our Korean War Veteran's Day. We do this event, now yearly, because as she said, the Korean War is quite often forgotten. Sandwiched between WWII and the Vietnam War, it's just a blip in many history books and the veterans are also overlooked. Whether it be 6 months, 6 years, or 3 years, as the Korean War was ( ( Read more... )

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Today is the 67th anniversary of the start of the Korean War ("Isn't this where we came in?" "It's even Sunday morning!"). And it was a Sunday that it began, as the film's dialogue attests. I am your guest host for this event..

One Minute To Zero stars Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth in a film released in 1952, with a year to go in ( Read more... )

This 1954 movie encapsulates the Korean War: William Holden's fighter pilot character is unhappy about being called up for Korea after serving in World War II. He'd been making headway in his civilian life like a lot of returned G.I.s and now was yanked back to fight in a war that wasn't exactly popular. What if his good luck was all used up in the ( Read more... )

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Veterans of the Korean War in general and of this battle in particular said this 1959 movie was very accurate in its depiction of fighting in Korea. My father said that to me when we watched this film years ago. He served in Company B, 32nd Infantry.

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Hello! I will be guest-hosting the Korean War event as misstia said ( Read more... )

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