The United States was caught by surprise when heavily-armed North Korean troops and tanks poured into South Korea on June 25, ...

U.S. Army Cpl. Paul Eugene Hoots was 25 years old when he went missing in action after his unit engaged the North Korean ...

Since no peace treaty was ever signed, the Korean War never really ended, which makes it America’s longest war. To this day, roughly 30,000 U.S. troops remain in the South to deter the North.

The very messiness of definition and outcome in Korea has contemporary resonance, given the difficulty of imagining what a ...

Christopher Gabel talked about the importance of railroads and steam-powered locomotives to the the Union and Confederate armies during the U.S. Civil War. Professor Gabel explained how railroads ...

North Korea Demolishes Inter-Korean Railroad. ... The two railroads had been restored following the inter-Korean summit in 2000, the first such meeting since the Korean War of 1950-1953.

March 23, 2025: Russia’s railroads are under tremendous pressure because of the Ukraine War, sanctions and less money for maintaining railroads or anything else. One side effect is China using more ...

On Aug. 25, 1950, there were tears on the platform of the Nickel Plate Railroad Station as 225 Marines boarded a train bound for Camp Pendleton, California, during the Korean War.

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously chartered companies. It acquired the Georgetown Railroad Company in 1879.

The Cuban Missile Crisis was two decades in the rearview, but in the early 1980s, Cold War tensions between the United States and Soviet Union remained feverishly high. In particular, 1983 served ...

The site served as a recruiting center where men from Mexico arrived during World War II and the Korean War to fill critical labor shortages. Most harvested crops. Some worked for the railroads.

This weekend, Elmer Cassatt will be honored on his 101st birthday. He can remember incredible details of battles in both WWII and the Korean War, where he volunteered for the 8th U.S. Army Rangers.