Transcription of U.S. MARINES KOREAN WAR
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MARINESINTHEKOREAN WARE dited byCharles R. SmithHistory DivisionUnited States Marine CorpsWashington, 106 0000 0100 ForewordTheanthologyofarticlesthatfollow swascompiledbytheHistoryandMuseumsDivisi onduringthe50thAnniversarycommemorationo ftheKoreanConflict, "forgottenwar."Forgottenornot, , ,Korearepresentedthebeginningofa seriesof"limitedwars" , totalwaragainstanenemywhoseobjectiveswer eclearlyiden-tifiable,theKoreanconflictp rovedfraughtwithpoliticaltwistsandturnst hatmadethemilitary' "stalemate"phaseofthewar, ,thisperiodoftheconflictsawtheMarineCorp sincura , "comeasyouareaffairs."Duringthesummerand earlyfallof1950,theMarineCorpslearneda valuablelessonwhenithadtoscrambletoassem bleitslandingforcefortheInchonoperation, ,forthefirsttime, , "flakjackets" (Provisional)in1941, , , , , ,underthedirectionofthenHistoryandMuseum sDivisionDirector, , ,letuspledgetoneverforgetthoseMarineswho servedandsacrificedinthissupposedly"forg ottenwar.
It was entirely due to their military achievements at Inchon, at Chosin Reservoir, or in foxholes and bunkers along the 38th Parallel that we have a free and thriving South Korea today. Dr. C. …
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