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 * After 1950, U.S. policy toward Korea changed from a limited amount of defense below the 38th parallel to huge concern and defense, due to the reaction to the expansion of communism.
 * After Roosevelts death Korea was being fought for between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, ending up in the Soviet Union taking North Korea and the U.S. taking South Korea.
 * China and Mao Zedong's spread of communism freaked out the U.S. and cause them to panic and try to fortify South Vietnam.
 * There were as many as 1,529,539 men drafted into the war.
 * Numbers of wounded and killed soldiers are outrageous. United States: over 142,000 casualties, including 33,000 deaths, China: nearly 900,000 casualties, including 150,000 deaths, and the place of fighting North and South Korea: (military and civilian) over 3 million.
 * The likeliness of getting back home uninjured was slim to none.
 * Weather in Korea was horrid hot and humid in the summer and freezing in the winter not many people recognize the fact of the weather conditions in Korea.
 * The Korean War was "The Forgotten War" and it shouldn't be we should try to reach out to veterans and other to find out more and research on why this war should not be forgotten