Korean War

President Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884.

Douglas MacArthur was born on January 26, 1880, in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

Born October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, Dwight David Eisenhower was the third of seven sons.  He was named David Dwight originally, but his mother later reversed the order of his first and middle names to avoid confusion with his father.  All the sons were nicknamed Ike, but only Dwight kept the name through adulthood.

On July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed, bringing about the end of fighting in the Korean War.

On May 3, 2000, the USPS issued the first stamps in the Distinguished Servicemen Series.

On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth aboard his Friendship 7 capsule.

On February 13, 1951, the Battle of Chipyong-ni, sometimes called the “high-water mark” of the Chinese fighting in Korea, began.

On November 27, 1950, the Korean War Battle of Chosin Reservoir began, a fighting withdrawal in the bitter cold.

US Navy Admiral Arleigh Burke was born on October 19, 1901, in Boulder, Colorado.