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Task Force Smith: How the 24th Infantry Division Saved South Korea at the Start of the Korean War

Task Force Smith: How the 24th Infantry Division Saved South Korea at the Start of the Korean War

In July of 1950, the Korean War looked as if it was about to come to an unexpectedly quick conclusion. South Korean troops had been pushed far south before gradually falling into a defensive line around the port of Pusan. Across the Sea of Japan, American soldiers boarded transport planes at Itazuke Air Base, Japan, […]