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following japenese surrender, Soviets maintained military presence in the North with American tropos in the South. Temporary border at 38th parallel establoshed
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75,000 soldiers of the north korean army crossed the 38th parallel the boundry betweeen the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of korea in the north, and the pro-western republic of korea in the south
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President of N. korea was worried that south korea would join the communists, President Syngman Rhee orders the execution of 100,000 people
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President Harry s. truman deploys the 7th fleet to the waters off Taiwan ti prevent the spread of the conflict in Koreato other far east waters
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Pyongyang, the korean capital, falls the controll of the U.N.
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War's first airborne operation. Seventy-one C-119s and 40 C-47s of the Far East Air Force's (FEAF) Combat Cargo Command drop 2,860 paratoopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (RCT) at Sukch'on and Sunch'on north of Pyongyang. One trooper killed and 36 injured in one jump. Paratroopers in association with ground forces driving north, kill or capture about 6,000 North Koreans during this operation, however the operation is considered a failure in that it did not rescue any POWs or
