Remembering the Forgotten War
Technically, Korea wasn’t even a war. But that doesn’t mean we can ignore the veterans who fought in it.
By Hampton Sides
Nov. 11, 2018
SANTA FE, N.M. — Although more than 320,000 Americans served in the Korean War — and more than 33,000 were killed in action — it is still our Forgotten War, a kind of also-ran in our historical consciousness.
Perhaps it’s because the war ended in stalemate. The closing battle lines were more or less where they started, along the 38th Parallel. “We died for a tie,†Korean War vets sometimes say, and there’s something deeply unsatisfying about that narrative. We Americans understand military victory, and we’ve come to understand loss, but we can’t quite get our heads around a draw.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/opinion/remembering-the-forgotten-war.html
