Truman Sends Troops to Korea: America Enters the War
North Korea's sudden invasion forced the Truman administration into a desperate gamble, as the US had excluded Korea from its Asian defense perimeter and feared a wider war with China or the Soviets. The Soviet boycott of the UN Security Council allowed Resolution 83 to pass unanimously, authorizing member states to send military aid to South Korea. President Truman immediately deployed air and sea forces, transforming a regional conflict into the first major international intervention against communist expansion in Asia.
June 27, 1950
76 years ago
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