Oral+History+Reflection

Ernest West- Korean War

I both know a fair amount about both the Vietnam War and WWII. I realized that I knew hardly anything about the Korean War and thought who better to ask than someone who was there and won the Medal of Honor. I thought it would've been like any other war, but this one seemed different once our interviewee told us more and more about the Korean War. I also learned that not nearly as much people opposed the Korean Draft then the Vietnam Draft. The war was successful to a point but the American forces were unable to reunite the country under a democratic government, and still to this day Korea is split in two.