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Started on June 25th 1950 and ended on July 27th 1953 Biggest reason it was fought was to help stop the spread of communism Was during the Cold War era between the United States and Soviet Union During the war, both North and South Korea were sponsored by external powers 4,793 died while missing in action 8,176 are still listed as missing in action 7,140 were POWs and 4,418 returned 6.8 million served on active-duty during the Korean War California has the highest number of Korean Veterans 92,100 service members were wounded in theater  The Korean War memorial honoring those who served in this war

 At the United Nations prisoner-of-war camp at Pusan, prisoners are assembled in one of the camp compounds. The camp contains both North Korean and Chinese Communist prisoners.  An M-46 Patton tows another tank. The United Nations Command and Communist tanks were often employed for long-range, pinpoint sniping fire against enemy positions  This map shows how close the Communists got to taking over all of Korea during the war time. This map shows all of the major offensives and battles up until September of 1950 in the cold war

Quote- "I will defend Korea as i would my own country- just as i would California

-Douglass MacArthur