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Korean War

noun

A war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953.

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"Korean War" Quotes from Famous Books

... on a racial quota, it could be argued, had its positive aspects, for in the end it was the presence of so many black soldiers in the Korean War that finally ended segregation. In the meantime, controversy over the quota, whether it represented a floor supporting minimum black participation or a ceiling limiting black enlistment, continued unabated, providing the civil rights groups with a focal ...

— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.

... all this was the introduction into different provinces of some of the skilled artisans of Korea. The prince of Satsuma, Shimazu Yoshihiro, in A.D. 1598, brought home with him when he returned from the Korean war seventeen families of Korean potters,(187) who were settled in his province. They have lived there ever since, and in many ways still retain the marks of their nationality. It is to them that Satsuma faience owes its exquisite beauty and its ...

— Japan • David Murray

Words linked to "Korean War" : war, warfare, Korean Peninsula, Han-Gook, Dae-Han-Min-Gook, Yalu River, Korea, Inchon