“In Korea the united States fought as an agent o the United Nations, with widespread support form noncommunist countries. Now the United States stood almost alone in its military.” (American’s History)

3. When did the United States get involved?  Why?  Who was president at the time?  Why is this labeled a conflict instead of a war?  The United States got involve in the war during the 1950s because on June 27th the Security Council asked UN members to provide military assistance to help South Korea. U.S. forces went in, on June 30th, by which time the North Koreans had taken the South Korean capital of Seoul. On September 15th, a UN force landed at Inchon and by September 29th, the UN troops had returned Seoul to the South Korean President. Communist North Korea was a “Soviet Ally.” United States got involved with the Korean War also because Harry S. Truman called United Nation to help defend South Korean. During the war, 90% of the soldiers were American and Harry S. Truman was the President of United States from the American/South Korea side and Kim Sung II was the leader of North Korea.The Korean War provided the first confrontation between two nuclear powers. And as the war progress the conflict demonstrated how difficult it would be for either side to use atomic bombs positively in battle. And plus it was a problem between Korea, so it was labeled as a conflict. Korea, often called it a "police action" or the "Korean Conflict.” On the other hand it was a “war,” one of the most forceful and bloody wars in which our nation has been involved. -Xiao 801