Korean War - Pawhuska Veterans Memorial ~ Pawhuska, OK
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N 36° 39.719 W 096° 19.867
14S E 738538 N 4060694
Part of the Osage nationa Veterans memorial in Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Waymark Code: WMNBPW
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/08/2015
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County of Memorial: Osage County Location of Memorial: Main St. (US-60) & Lynn Ave., Pawhuska Erected by Pawhuska City Council Date erected: May 2005 KOREA Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call in [sic] defend a country they never knew and a people they never met. [Names Available in photo gallery]
Monument text: PAWHUSKA, OK. VETERANS MEMORIAL A dream so dear to patriotic men and women [Seals of the Dept. of army Dept. of Navy US Coast Guard Dept. of Air Force USMC]
So that all those who served and loved their country will always be remembered as we remember those who gave us this freedom ------*------ When my country called, I answered. When my country asked, I gave. ------*------ OFFICIAL THANKS TO F.S "Turk" Wade, Jr. Pawhuska City Council Rep. Joe Sweeden Sen. J. Berry Harrison Dedicated May, 2005
KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953
On June 5 th, 1950 the North Korean Army, equipped by the Soviet Union, unleashed an unprovoked attack against the Republic of Korea (ROK). North Korean forces overwhelmed the defenders and drove them southward. U.S. forces were committed to support South Korea. Described as "Police Action" to the American public, this was, man for man and yard for yard, as bloody and violent a war as any in the U.S. history. U.S. forces along with ROK allies, stopped the enemy at the very southern tip of the Korean peninsula outside Pusan. On Sep. 15, Marines carried the fight to the enemy, interdicting the Communist overstethced [sic] supply line with amphibious landing at Inchon. This precipitated and enemy rout which carried the U.S. and their Allies deep into North Korea and up to the border of China. On Nov. 25, 18 Chinese divisions unexpectedly struck at the overextended U.S. and ROK units, introducing the bloodiest and longest phase of the conflict. Outnumbered more than 2 to 1 by their adversaries, U.S. and ROK forces fought this second wave on invaders to a standstill, resulting finally in an armistice on July 27, 1953. Command of the air by the U.S. Air Force and Naval pilots and crews was a key to neutralizing the much larger Communist Armies. Total U.S. involvement wa 5,764,443, with 33,629 hostile deaths, 20,617 non hostile deaths, and 103,284 wounded.
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