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Video Lending Library
Korea
- Program Title: Korean War, The: Our Time in Hell Part I
- EASC Code: KK-03
- Series Title:
- Region/Country: Korea
- Language: English
- Subtitles:
- Subject: History, West-East Relationship/Diaspora, Politics & Law
- Program Type: Documentary
- Media Type: VHS
- Director:
- Producer: Discovery Channel
- Release Date: 1997
- Running Time: 50 min.
- Color or BW: Color
- Program Abstract: "Part One presents the deplorable first months of the so-called police action" where U.S. military force face humiliation and defeat by a well-trained well-equipped army. After months of despair, General Douglas MacArthur launches a successful amphibious landing at Inchon. routing the North Koreans. The General assures President Truman and the political leadership back home that China or Russia will not intervene. Never the less he continues to push toward China's border. In this video frontline battle film is combined with insightful comments by veterans who were there. It's a new kind of war for America- a war of attrition, not real estate. The worst is yet to come."
- Data Entry Date: 11/21/06
