Korean War – Quotes

It will begin with

It will begin with its President taking a simple, firm resolution. The resolution will be: To forego the diversions of politics and to concentrate on the job of ending the Korean war-until that job is honorably done. That job requires a personal trip to Korea. I shall make that trip. Only in that way could … Read more

I will defend Korea

I will defend Korea as I would my own country-just as I would California. Douglas MacArthur

I have one criticism

I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn’t send me enough of them. Douglas MacArthur

I remember when Langston

I remember when Langston Hughes used to write a column in black newspapers around this character Jesse B. Semple. He always used that as a voice, sometimes in comic ways, of having everyday people’s voice come through this common folk hero, who was an ordinary working guy. He would talk about anything from police brutality … Read more

I got called back

I got called back into the Navy during the Korean War. Daniel J. Evans

I was drafted during

I was drafted during the Korean War. Clint Eastwood

As a Korean War

As a Korean War Veteran I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention. Charles Rangel

As a Korean War

As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform. Charles Rangel

I wanted to write

I wanted to write about the Korean War, but I had no entry into it that made the kind of sense it needs to make for a novelist. Chang-Rae Lee

I had a visceral

I had a visceral connection to the period [of Korean War]. By visceral I suppose I mean emotional. But every fiction requires so much that is not that so I did a lot of other research and a lot of thinking, a lot of struggling there. Chang-Rae Lee