The Korean War was the first military action of the Cold War.
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Even though 16 countries participated in the Korean War, it is still not considered a “world war.”
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A little-known hero of the Korean War has been immortalized by a statue.
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After the Korean War, 21 American soldiers chose to stay with their Chinese captors.
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Many soldiers died of frostbite during the Korean War before ever reaching the battlefields.
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The Korean War was the first war to integrate blacks into combat units.
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In North Korea, the war is called the “Fatherland Liberation War”
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During the Korean War, the South Korean government provided women for its troops.
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An estimated 7% of Korean War veterans are women.
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Pablo Picasso's 1951 Massacre in Korea depicts acts of mass killing carried out by North Koreans, South Koreans, and American forces in the town of Sinchon (in North Korea) during the war.
