blockade off the entire Korean coast. A reason why the U.S. entered the war is because the United Nations, voted and decided that the invasion was a violation of international peace. Since the communists continued to fight, sixteen United Nations countries sent troops and forty-one countries sent military equipment, food or other supplies. The United States sent around 9% of the supplies. A NorthKorean division invaded South Korean territory, past the 38th Parallel. One of the main commanders involved in the Korean War was Major General William “Big Bill” Dean, commander of the U.S. 24th Infantry Division , a combat veteran of World War II and former military governor of South Korea. On June 25, 1950 General Dean was walking out of church and the post duty officer came running saying, “General, sir, we’ve just had word that the North Koreans have crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded South Korea.” The minute General Dean heard this he notified Lieutenant Colonel Charles Brad Smith and had him call in the Task Force. This was a group of four hundred infantrymen. Soon after many other troops were sent into Korea. I feel that the Korean War was a tragedy. I disagree with the people who said we should enter the war. I feel that the United Nations should have threatened the North Koreans rather than the United States getting into the fight. Many people died, and the U.S. did not even, necessarily, win. North Korea succeeded in turning South Korea into a communist nation. On the other hand, the U.S. succeeded in preventing the domino effect, further stopping the spread of communism. I do, however, think it was important to stop communism, so if the United States would have tried alternating peace methods and still did not succeed, then sending in the troops was acceptable and important....
