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Franklin Roosevelt
In November 1943, U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill and China's Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek met at the Cairo Conference in part to discuss what should happen to Japan's colonies, and agreed that Japan should lose all the territories it had conquered by force because it might become too powerful. -
Korea war
Korean students were inducted on January 20, 1944. they were placed in the 42nd Regiment of the 30th Infantry Division located in the suburbs of Heijyo. This unit was also called the Akiotsu Regiment. -
Soviet Union
The United States and the Soviet Union agree to a temporary division of Korea— formerly a Japanese colony—along the 38th Parallel. U.S. forces were to occupy and administer the southern half, while Soviet troops would occupy and administer the North. -
Truman
The Truman Doctrine arose from a speech delivered by President Truman before a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947. -
Rupublic
September 9, 1948, three weeks after the formation of the Republic of Korea to the south, he would be named premier of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. -
South Korean army wanted war on South Korea
On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces surprised the South Korean army and quickly headed toward the capital city of Seoul. The United States responded by pushing a resolution through the U.N.'s Security Council calling for military assistance to South Korea. -
North Korea
On July 10, 1951, peace talks began between the U.N. and North Korea in the village of P’anmunjom, just north of the future Demilitarized Zone. At the center of the talks would be the question of prisoners-of-war. -
truman
Truman announces he will not run for reelection. Even after Truman declined in March to run again, and even after the 1952 Democratic convention began, Stevenson would not seek the nomination. -
Stalins Death
After Stalin's death in March 1953, the new leadership in Moscow moved more rapidly towards reaching an agreement. The cease-fire was ultimately signed on July 27, 1953. -
Deaths
Although a truce was in effect, through January 31, 1955, another 641 Americans, mostly Air Force, would die from "Hostile" and "Non-Battle" actions on the ground and in the air in Korea.
