The Forgotten War

The "Korean War Museum" {http://www.kwnm.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=50} and "Korean War Educator" {http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/casualties/index.htm} are great sites to learn about the “Forgotten War” that occurred when Communist North Korea launched its invasion of the South. The effort to create the Korean War National Museum began in 1997 when a small group of veterans and friends recognized that no museum devoted exclusively to the Korean War existed in this country.

The war is sometimes called The Forgotten War or The Unknown War because it is a major conflict of the 20th century that gets far less attention than World War II, which preceded it, and the Vietnam War, which succeeded it.

KOREAN WAR STATISTICS

VETERANS OF THE KOREAN WAR
(Re-Published from VA Web Site)
June 27, 1950 to January 31, 1955.

Historical Facts

Actual hostilities occurred from June 27, 1950 to July 27, 1953. However, the war period was extended to January 31, 1955 by Congress to define a period of benefit eligibility in the wake of uneasy peace negotiations after July 27, 1953.
There were 6.8 million American men and women who served during the Korean War period, June 27,1950 to January 31, 1955.
There were 54,200 deaths to Americans in service during the period of hostilities, June 27,1950 to July 27, 1953. Of these, 33,700 were actual battle deaths.
There were 7,140 POW’s during the Korean War. Of these, 4,418 returned to the United States, 2,701 died, and 21 refused repatriation.

Casualty Figures - United Nations Forces

Australia - 265 dead; 1,387 wounded & missing
Belgium - 97 dead; 355 wounded & missing
Canada - 516 dead; 1,235 wounded & missing
Colombia - 140 dead; 517 wounded & missing
Ethiopia - 120 dead; 536 wounded & missing
France - 288 dead; 836 wounded & missing
Greece - 169 dead; 545 wounded & missing
Netherlands - 111 dead; 593 wounded & missing
New Zealand - 31 dead; 78 wounded & missing
Philippines - 92 dead; 356 wounded & missing
South Africa - 20 dead; 16 wounded & missing
Thailand - 114 dead; 799 wounded & missing
Turkey - 717 dead
United States – 36,913 dead; 106,978 wounded & missing
United Kingdom - 1,078 dead; 2,674 wounded & missing; pow 729
Republic of Korea - 416,004 dead; 428,568 wounded & missing
KATUSA - 7,140 21,630 wounded 1,718 MIA 1,512 POW

Casualty Figures - Communist Forces
China - 1,000,000 (plus) killed, wounded & missing
North Korea - 520,000 Killed, wounded & missing
Civilian Casualties North and South:
Estimates vary from two to three million killed on both sides, caught in the middle, killed by both sides.

See also this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it'----George Santayana From his work; Life of Reason, Reason in Common Sense 1905.

Let us Hope that history is NOT repeated by the North...