POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Gen. Omar Bradley
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Gen. George C. Marshall
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Truman hand selected General Douglas MacArthur to lead the U.S. troops in South Korea.
Detailed explanation-2: -Truman quickly committed American forces to a combined United Nations military effort and named Gen. Douglas MacArthur Commander of the U.N. forces. Fifteen other nations also sent troops under the U.N.
Detailed explanation-3: -The day after the U.N. Security Council recommended that all U.N. forces in Korea be placed under the command of the U.S. military, General Douglas MacArthur is appointed head of the United Nations Command by President Harry S. Truman.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1950-51, MacArthur led UN forces in the Korean War. Pinned into a small area of South Korea called the “Pusan Perimeter", he conceived a brilliant strategy for turning the conflict around. He conducted a daring amphibious assault near Inchon on the west coast.