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Summer of Terror
After the North Korean army invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950, South Korean President Syngman Rhee had months of mass killings designed to wipe out people who he feared would turn to the communist state of North Korea. -
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North Korea invades South Korea
North Korea launched 223,000 soldiers supported by 150 tanks across the border into South Korea. -
Korean War begins
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Korean War
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Truman's Aid to Korea
"President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea." http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-orders-u-s-forces-to-korea-2 -
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Vietnam War
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October 21, 1967
100,000 protesters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial; around 30,000 of them continued in a march on the Pentagon later that night. After a brutal confrontation with the soldiers and U.S. Marshals protecting the building, hundreds of demonstrators were arrested. http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-protests -
Tet Offensive
70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive, a series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive Only 35% of Americans approved http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-protests -
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The Draft
