Portal:Korean War
A collection of various texts closely associated with the Korean War.
This war (1950-53) was fought between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union.
Contemporary works
[edit]- Executive Order 10195 ("Designation of Korea and Waters Adjacent Thereto as a Combat Zone"), December 20, 1950 by US President Harry S. Truman
- Harry S. Truman's Sixth State of the Union Address, January 8, 1951
- Rusk note, August 10, 1951 from Dean Rusk, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, to You Chan Yang, Ambassador of Korea
- Harry S. Truman's Seventh State of the Union Address, January 9, 1952
- Harry S. Truman's Eighth State of the Union Address, January 7, 1953
- Dwight D. Eisenhower's First State of the Union Address, February 2, 1953
- Korean Armistice Agreement, July 27, 1953
- Dwight D. Eisenhower's Second State of the Union Address, January 7, 1954
- Executive Order 10585 ("Designating the Date of Termination of Combatant Activities in Korea and Waters Adjacent Thereto"), January 1, 1955 by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower
- U.S. Department of the Army No Gun Ri Review Report
History
[edit]- "Korean War," in Armor-Cavalry, 1969 by Mary Lee Stubbs and Stanley Russell Connor
- "The Korean War," in CMH 60-3: Infantry, Part I: Regular Army, 1972 by John K. Mahon and Romana Danysh
- "Limited War in Korea," in A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force, 1997 by Stephen Lee McFarland
- "The Korean War And Its Aftermath," in Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades, 1998 by John B. Wilson
Aftermath
[edit]- Proclamation 5842, 26 July 1988 by US President Ronald Reagan: proclaiming the week of July 25 through July 31, 1988, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War
- Proclamation 6316, 23 July 1991 by US President George Bush: proclaiming the week beginning July 21, 1991, as Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week
- Proclamation 6582, 27 July 1993 by US President Bill Clinton: observing the 40th Anniversary of the Korean Armistice
- Proclamation 6812, 26 July 1995 by US President Bill Clinton: proclaiming July 27, 1995, as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
- Proclamation 6910, 25 July 1996 by US President Bill Clinton: proclaiming July 27, 1996, as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
- Proclamation 7014, 25 July 1997 by US President Bill Clinton: proclaiming July 27, 1997, as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
- Proclamation 7110, 28 January 1998 by US President Bill Clinton: proclaiming July 27, 1998, as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
- Proclamation 7213, 26 July 1999 by US President Bill Clinton: proclaiming July 27, 1999, as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
- Proclamation 7324, 23 June 2000 by US President Bill Clinton: proclaiming July 27, 2000, as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
- Proclamation 7457, 25 July 2001 by US President George W. Bush: proclaiming July 27, 2001, as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
- Proclamation 7578, 26 July 2002 by US President George W. Bush: proclaiming July 27, 2002, as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
- Proclamation 7692, 24 July 2003 by US President George W. Bush: proclaiming July 27, 2003, as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
- Korean War Veterans Recognition Act (Public Law 111-41), July 27, 2009
- Public Law 111-201 ("Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War and reaffirming the United States-Korea alliance"), July 7, 2010