Why Is The Korean War Forgotten Or Forgotten

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Proxy or Forgotten? The Korean War is often forgotten, and yet when it is remembered, it’s only called by its nicknames; the Forgotten War or the proxy to World War II, but why is that? More importantly what really happened during the war? I mean yes it was in Korea but what else? And how did the war affect the world, even now and why? This paper will tell you everything you need to know on the Korean War.

The war began with, Kim II Sung, dictator of North Korea, and Syngman Rhee, dictator of South Korea. Kim II Sung was a communist and he assumed power in 1948 in till 1994 where he died of a heart attack. Syngman Rhee became a non-communist leader in 1948 where he remained in power in till 1960, five year later he died of a stroke. On June …show more content…

How were veterans exposed to atomic radiation during The Korean War? Nuclear testing, when nuclear testing was happening Veterans operating or nearby were exposed. Thus, creating Atomic veteran. Research found that 1 in 5 Atomic veterans that have children ended up having a birth defects. Now the government recognizes the risks that veterans take and the aftereffects of serving. Luckily there are also programs/services that veterans can apply to if they’ve been exposed to radiation or if they have cancer from the war; if they are accepted they can get money back. Yes that does help but what if they can’t apply or they do and they’re not accepted, well then they’re casted out and receive no money or pre-paid medical treatment. All of this to say yes, it’s a great idea to have programs for veterans but we shouldn’t need to because the government should already give them money or pre-paid medical treatment, we shouldn’t need a program to do that. Besides affecting the U.S veterans it also affected The U. S’S image how? Because when we joined South Korea’s side it made it look like we support underdogs; and because of that it gave hope to other countries, that we would fight for them. I think even the U.S thought that too, because in shows even now, we always have the underdogs win or if they don’t, they die trying. The last thing The Korean War did was make The U.S and The UN look good/strong, again how? By demonstrating that The UN and The Untied States could both fight together, in a “limited war” (a limited war is when there are a lot of restrictions on how they can fight etc.) in a different country, far from home and yet still make peace. Now was it a win for the U.S and the UN? Technically no, but was it a loss either? No, it wasn’t, in my

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