The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (111 page)

decision to enter war

and expansion of war

“Give ’em hell, Harry,”

and history

and Inchon

and MacArthur

and 1948 election

political opponents of

and the presidency

public image of

as senator

and Stalin

transition from Roosevelt to

Wake Island meeting

in World War

and China

and Cold War

and expansion of war

failure to act

lack of public support for

and MacArthur

and McCarthyism

and onset of war

political opponents of

State Department

as uneasy about the war

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Air Force of

and China

and North Korean invasion

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troops committed by

troops crossing border

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see also
U.S. Army; U.S. Marines

armed forces of,
see
U.S. Army; U.S.

Marines; U.S. Navy atomic weapons of

Chinese views about

as colonial power

complex politics in

constitutional crisis in

defense budgets of

diminished credibility of

domestic politics vs. national security in

entry into the war

imperialist

as international power

intra-service rivalries in

and national security

postwar prosperity of

racism in

slow to react to invasion

war production of

Chinese ambush at

defensive perimeter at

Eighth Cavalry Division at

engagement at; map

first encounter with Chinese at; map

men abandoned at

U.S. POWs taken at

as warning, unheeded

advancing north

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Army War College

black units in

bonds of loyalty in

and Bonus Army

Case Board of

casualties of

decline of

dependent on wheels

doing the right thing in

early celebrations of

Eighth Army

Eighth Cavalry Division

Eighth Cavalry Regiment

Fifteenth Infantry Regiment

Fifth Cavalry Division

fighting men transformed in

First Cavalry Division

home for Christmas

and Inchon

intelligence reports ignored by

leadership built in

Love Company

map

Never Again Club

Ninety-second Division

Ninth Regiment

officer promotions in

poor leadership in

poorly equipped

poorly positioned

poorly trained

post-World War II demobilization of

as POWs

racism in

recruitment for

retreating south

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map

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Second Combat Engineers

Second Infantry Division

Seventh Division

Task Force Crombez

map

Task Force Smith

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Tenth Corps

Thirty-fourth Regiment

Twenty-first Regiment

Twenty-fourth Division

Twenty-seventh Regiment Wolfhounds

Twenty-third Regiment

unprepared for battle

veterans of

war aims unclear in

weapons of

and winter cold

and budget cuts

at Chosin Reservoir

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retreat south

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Congressional Medals of Honor awarded to

drive to Seoul

map

First Division

at Inchon

in Japan

leadership in

at Peleliu

at Pusan Perimeter

at Sudong

Tenth Corps

in World War II

at Yongsan

at Inchon

intelligence activities in

Seventh Fleet

and Wonsan

and World War

escalation of

nation divided by

skewed intelligence in

and U.S. politics

and Almond

death of

as Eighth Army commander

and MacArthur

military career of

and the press

at Pusan Perimeter

pushing north

retreating south

shortages experienced by

split command of

tenacity of