There’s that scene at the Battle of Cowpers in the film The Patriot where the American line is starting to break and Mel Gibson’s character rushes to encourage his men and saves the day. You might know it.
Well, in 1950 the situation in the Korean War was the same at a place called the Pusan, now called Busan, Perimeter. American and South Korean forces had been thrown back by the North Koreans to a line around that port and their backs were up against the wall. A lot of men died before General MacArthur, in an end run amphibious invasion of Inchon, relieved the perimeter and went on the offensive.
That was one of the first engagements in the Cold War between freedom and Soviet Marxism. The conflict lasted from 1945-1991 and cost in only Korea and Vietnam about 100,000 American lives. This Memorial Day we should remember those men.
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