Korean War

This week is going to be a quick one. Working on a few interesting projects, books and podcasts. I’ll let you know about them as I move forward with them. A development of the venerable MiG-15 that took part in the Korean War, the MiG-17 was larger and faster but kept the heavy armament of two 23mm cannons and one 37mm cannon. It went on to have surprising success in the Vietnam War. Thus, it remains one of the great classic jets of the Soviet Era.

Written by Chyra Rose Luiz What happens when you add in a spoonful of colonial rule, a pinch of communism, a dash of the USA, and a whole bunch of the USSR? If you guessed North and South Korea — you’re right! …

The following is excerpted from Dale A. Dye’s most recent novel, Korean Odyssey—now available in hardcover and ebook. Foreword THEY CALL KOREA the forgotten war. It is, I suppose, except for a handful of military historians and a dwindling number of veteran survivors. It was not an event that carried the…

History has shown that success comes to the most unlikely of countries. In the 1950s, South Korea was in a squalid state. Having faced a brutal Japanese occupation (1910–1945) and getting involved in an arduous war with its northern neighbor North Korea (1950–1953), South Korea started the middle half of…

It’s now been 15 years since my grandfather passed away. He had been unwell for a long time. I later found out it was leukemia that landed the final blow. But he had been in chronic pain for even longer, ever since the war, in which he had been shot…

Summary: The Korean DMZ, once a gash across the peninsula, has over the decades transformed into a lush ecological sanctuary. Endangered species now find refuge in its mountains, its estuaries, its meadows, its wetlands. As a no-man’s-land, the DMZ remains untouched by human beings — but for how long? Now…

By Matthew M. Peek, Military Collection Archivist, State Archives of North Carolina Editor’s Note: This post is being written for our observance of Veteran’s Day 2021. Carl Stancil of Raleigh, NC, was not only a hero in the Korean War, but a dedicated U.S. Marine who served for twenty years…

World War II and Korean War Veteran — Thank you to Phoebe Ann Pollitt, PhD, RN for letting us know about this nurse. Virginia Sneed Dixon was born in 1919 on the Qualla Boundary (57,000 acres of land belonging to the Eastern Band Cherokee Indians near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina). She attended a…