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Transcript: 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR AND NATIONAL KOREAN WAR VETERANS ARMISTICE DAY, 2000 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A
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- June 23, 2000
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Fifty years ago, on June 25, 1950, armed forces from North Korea
shattered the peace in the Land of the Morning Calm as they crossed
the
38th Parallel and launched an invasion of South Korea. The communist
forces
advanced rapidly and, at the outset, appeared close to easy victory.
President
Truman, recognizing the threat to our South Korean allies and their
democracy,
responded swiftly and decisively. Through the United Nations Security
Council,
he marshaled international opposition to the invasion and, on June
27,
1950, committed the first U.S. forces to combat in South Korea.
On some of the world's harshest terrain, through the scorching
heat of
summer and the ...