WAEGWAN, South Korea (Sept. 16, 2013) -- Eighth Army honored the Soldiers who defended the Pusan Perimeter during the 63rd anniversary of the Nakdong River Battle. Eighth Army Commanding General Lt.

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — A reenactment of a crucial battle in the early days of the Korean War will be staged Friday in Waegwan. Part of a number of events this year commemorating the 60th ...

In the annals of American military history, certain battles and campaigns stand out in our collective memory — Gettysburg, D-Day, Iwo Jima. Yet, one of the most crucial moments in 20th-century warfare ...

"The Battle of Nakdong Perimeter was unique," said retired Army Col. William M. Alexander, the 2nd Infantry/ROK-U.S. Combined Division historian. "In conjunction with Operation Chromite, it was a big ...

Donald Nichols, an Air Force spy in Korea at the dawn of the Cold War, was the best and worst kind of American warrior. Ferocious, creative and unbreakable, he won more than 20 medals for valor during ...

The enemy knew that a U.N. landing was hanging over him. His spies had spotted U.S. and South Korean troops embarking from Pusan. The planes and ships that raked his coasts, on west and east, foretold ...

Before the United Nations forces made last week’s landing at Inchon, this was the situation: For six weeks the North Koreans around the Pusan perimeter had maintained heavy pressure on Lieut. General ...

In September 1950, three months after the North Korean invasion, South Korean troops and their allies held just a corner of the peninsula. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of UN forces in Korea, knew ...

Men of the US 35th Infantry display a North Korean flag captured during the Battle of Masan in September 1950. (Wikimedia Commons) In July of 1950, the Korean War looked as if it was about to come to ...