should fight for South Korea. Also, since South Korea had a dictatorship, we wanted to prevent it from becoming communist and remaining a dictatorial form of government. If the communist started conquering many nations they might start a whole empire (the domino effect). In December 1943 the United States, China and Great Britain made a promise to Synyman Rhee during World War II that Korea would be given its independence “in due course” after World War II. Our involvement began with Korea dates back to when we dropped the atom bomb in Hiroshima, Japan and the defeated Japanese gave up Korea. The United States took all of Korea below the 38th Paralleland Russia took everything else. Russia began indoctrinating its occupied territory of Korea in communist thinking. This upset the United States which wanted the region to have a democratic government, rather than the existing dictatorship. On June 25, 1950 , without warning a surprise attack was staged by North Korea, on South Korea, across the 38th Parallel. Almost the minute the United States found out from Ambassador John J. Muccio, the United States asked for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, which had been formed just five years before , to discuss the matter on hand. The first decision of the United Nations was not to aid North Korea. Two days later a second meeting was called and the United Nations decided to assist the Republic of Korea because it was necessary to repel the armed attack and regain international peace and securityin the area. Earlier that day President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, had announced that he had ordered U.S. air and naval forces to give the South Korean troops cover and support. On June 29 , Truman ordered General Douglas MacArthur to use special supporting ground units in Korea, and authorized the United States Air Force to conduct missions on specific military targets in North Korea. He also asked to set up a naval...
