After 58 Years, the 'Forgotten War' Is Not Forgotten

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Fifty-eight years ago on July 27, 1953, the Korean War officially ended. Before it was over the United Nations forces suffered 995,601 casualties, killed, wounded and missing. U.S. forces lost 29,550 killed and 106,978 missing and wounded. No one knows the number of Korean civilian men, women and children that were killed and wounded, or the Chinese and North Korean troops who were killed or missing, but it was probably in the several hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions.

It almost seemed that no one knew a war was on unless you knew someone who had been there, or you were there yourself. Remember, this was before the daily 5 o'clock TV news and instant CNN communication.

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After 58 Years, the 'Forgotten War' Is Not Forgotten

News traveled more slowly and the most that could be hoped for was a couple of news items and a wire photo or two in your l...

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