Here’s What You Need to Know: If Taejon fell, North Korean forces would be able to move to Pusan. For the United States to have any chance at eventually winning the war, Pusan would have to remain in ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Battle of Taejon had been a tactical loss for the United States, but it had been a strategic victory that prevented the North to win the war in July 1950. Barely ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 23, 2010) -- Sixty years ago, the Korean War became the first major armed clash between the free world and Communist forces, as the so-called Cold War turned hot.

Taejon, a ramshackle, war-crowded city (normal pop. 37,000), lies amid the hills and paddy fields of southwestern Korea. Through it runs a double-tracked trunk-line railroad, which twists 125 miles ...

WITH AMERICAN FORCES AT THE TAEJON FRONT, July 21, 1950 (UP) - Staff Sgt. Elmo Smallwood got himself a new name - Casey Jones - on his first run at the throttle of the old 219. Five American soldiers ...

The last time anyone in the U.S. heard from Robert A. Wright was July 3, 1950. The 18-year-old Whitesville, Kentucky native and Army private had just arrived in Korea, he wrote in a letter to his ...

An Army corporal from Galesburg missing for 75 years during the Korean War has been accounted for. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) said in a news release that U.S. Army Cpl. Paul Eugene ...

Korean side Taejon Citizen overcame frigid conditions to score an emphatic 6-0 home victory against Mohun Bagan of India in an AFC Champions League Zone Two (East) Round Three first leg match on ...

Back in 1993, Daejeon (then known as Taejon) hosted Expo ’93, an event that has left a lasting mark on the city: part of the site is now used for filming Korean dramas, such as the 2021 blockbuster ...