Honor Flights Extended to Korean War Veterans-- Part 3: History of the War

In 1950, communist North Korea, supported and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded democratic South Korea.  The United Nations, using mostly U.S. troops, struck back.  The fighting ceased after much back and forth movement, three years later and a buffer area, the Demilitarized Zone, was created between the two countries.

For the U.S. military, it was the first integrated war where blacks and whites fought alongside each other and had the first widespread use of helicopters and jets.  It also had new frontline army hospitals known as Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals, or MASH units.  these saved countless lives and were featured in the famous TV show "M.A.S.H."

--Cooter