African-Americans were not given the credit some individuals and units deserved for their service rendered in combat in Korea.
--General Matthew B. Ridgeway (1)
IN 1950, THE PEOPLE of the United States were recovering from the suffering and hardships they had endured during World War II. They wanted to retreat into mental isolationism and to avoid the burden of world-power leadership. As a result, the country's once proud and victorious Army was being defeated in the opening ...