The dollar price alone was staggering, but victory was achieved. Then, just as we were coming out of another recession, the rumblings began in Korea.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines were needed again in such a short time span.
The positives that were created before and during the Korean War were the total racial integration of the Armed Forces, the creation of the United States Air Force as a separate branch of the service.
Also the pay scale for men and women in the service of their country was equal.
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Explanation from slideshare.net
Explanation from slideshare.net
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Chart from pacificstarsandstripes
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Map from shoomp.com
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Map from factmonster.com
Bar chart from blogs.britannica.com
Bar charts from the guardian.com
Bar chart from openstudy.com
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Map from history.army.mil
Pie chart from oceania.blogspot.com
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Aerial view of Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Created in 1995.
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Many states, cities and organizations have memorials to soldiers in all wars in which Americans fought and died like this one in Olympia, WA.
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