The Korean War

The Korean War or the forgotten war was fought from 1950 until 1953 and pitted the United States, South Korea and their UN allies against North Korea and the Chinese Communists. Cold injuries including frostbite and immersion (trench) foot constituted a major medical problem for U.S. service personnel during the Korean War. Veterans of the war are recognized as having suffered especially high rates of severe cold injuries. Cold accounted for 16% of Army no battle injuries requiring admission and over 5000 U.S. casualties of cold injury required evacuation from Korea during the winter of 1950-1951.
On a rainy day on June 25, 1950 the South Korean soldiers heard a distant roar. What they thought to be a sudden thunderstorm turned out to be the attack of the North Koreans. As they were stationed along the 38th parallel, an invisible line that that circles the globe at 38 degrees north latitude they fired on the South Koreans with artillery shells, which tore up the earth before the Sou...