02513nam 2200577 450 991079716970332120230617014727.01-4766-1232-3(CKB)3710000000408972(EBL)2048494(SSID)ssj0001538154(PQKBManifestationID)11909635(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001538154(PQKBWorkID)11536046(PQKB)10392993(MiAaPQ)EBC2048494(EXLCZ)99371000000040897220150524h20052005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKorean battle chronology unit-by-unit United States casualty figures and Medal of Honor citations /Richard E. EckerJefferson, North Carolina :McFarland & Company,2005.©20051 online resource (216 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7864-4675-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; I. The Peninsular War; II. Active Defense; III. The War of the Hills; IV. The End of Hostilities; V. Summary Statistics; Appendix: Data Sources; IndexOn June 28, 1950, five U.S. airmen died when their aircraft were shot down over Korea. They became the first U.S. casualties in a war that started three days earlier, when the North Korean People's Army crossed the 38th parallel and invaded the Republic of South Korea. The losses of U.S. military personnel that began with those five airmen would continue for 37 months and would ultimately total 33,985 American fatalities and more than 100,000 other American casualties. This is a history of U.S. involvement in the Korean War as told through those casualties--by the dates they occurred, their caKorean War, 1950-1953BiographyMedal of HonorSoldiersUnited StatesBiographyHeroesUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesArmed ForcesBiographyKorean War, 1950-1953Medal of Honor.SoldiersHeroes951.904/24/0202951.9042402Ecker Richard E.1930-1477588MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797169703321Korean battle chronology3692804UNINA