Video: 'Korean War - PART 13, To the 38th Parallel and beyond- 6.25' (Battle of Pyongyang at 5:30/Chinese enters Korean War at 8:21)

(Thursday, October 19, 1950, as dusk fell at 5:30 p.m. Korea Standard Time; during the UN offensive into North Korea, part of  the Korean War and the Cold War) — Just hours after American troops from the United States Army’s 1st Cavalry became the first U.S. forces to march into Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, a mass invasion of North Korea from China got underway tonight, with 260,000 Chinese forces of the People’s Volunteer Army (PVA) crossing the Yalu River into Korea over three different bridges. Continue reading Chinese troops enter Korea after U.S. forces capture North Korean capital of Pyongyang 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 19 1950) →

Video: 'Korean War - PART 13, To the 38th Parallel and beyond- 6.25' (Oct. 7, 1950, at 3:25)

(Saturday, October 7, 1950; during the UN offensive into North Korea, part of  the Korean War and the Cold War) — Hours before the United Nations General Assembly approved Resolution 376(V), calling for unification of Korea and authorizing the United Nations forces to cross the 38th Parallel, U.S. infantry troopers crossed the 38th Parallel today in a drive toward the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. Continue reading First UN forces cross 38th Parallel in drive toward North Korean capital of Pyongyang 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 7 1950) →

Video: 'Inchon Landings - First Pictures (1950)'

(Friday, September 15, 1950, 6:30 a.m. Korea Standard Time;  during the Battle of Inchon, part of  the Korean War and the Cold War) — The Battle of Inchon, an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command (UN), began this morning. Continue reading UN forces land at Inchon, 150 miles behind Korean fighting front 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 15 1950) →

Video: 'Korean War - PART 10, Pre-Incheon (August 1950) 6.25 ??' (Sept. 1, 1950, at 2:30)

(Friday, September 1, 1950, shortly after midnight KDT; during The Great Naktong Offensive and the Battles of Ka-san, Tabu-dong and Yongsan, part of the larger Battle of Pusan Perimeter in the Korean War, part of the Cold War) — One third of North Korea’s 150,000-man Communist Army opened a massive general attack early this morning in an effort to smash the United Nations beachhead by capturing Pusan and Taegu. Continue reading North Koreans launch all-out push for Pusan 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 1 1950) →

Video: 'Korean War - PART 6, The First Weeks (June, July 1950) 6.25' (Battle of Osan at 9:30)

(Wednesday, July 5, 1950, 8:16 a.m. KDT; during the Korean War, part of the Cold War) — U.S. Marines and North Korean troops engaged in combat for the first time this morning at the Battle of Osan, 20 miles south of Seoul. Continue reading Battle of Osan: First Americans killed in Korean War 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 5 1950) →

Video: 'Korean War - PART 6, The First Weeks (June, July 1950) 6.25' (American ground troops sent to South Korea at 7:00)

(Saturday, July 1, 1950, 11:00 a.m. KDT; during the Korean War, part of the Cold War) — The first United States ground troops flew in to South Korea today in an attempt to stem a Communist armored drive threatening to overrun all resistance before the refugee capital of Taejon.

Two companies of the U.S. Army First Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division departed early this morning from the U.S. base in Japan at Kyushu under the name “Task Force Smith,” arriving near Pusan.

Video: 'PBS - American Experience - Truman (1997) 5of5' (American ground troops sent to South Korea at 10:00)

23 American soldiers became the first to die in the Korean War when their C-54 transport plane crashed into a 2,000 foot high hill, forty miles northwest of Pusan, upon arrival from Japan.

U.S. Marines and North Korean troops would engage in combat for the first time on July 5, 1950, at the Battle of Osan, 20 miles south of Seoul.

In the meantime, the 8055th MASH became the first Mobile Army Surgical Hospital to be activated in South Korea today. On July 6, 1950, its physicians, nurses and support staff would be sent from Sasebo to Pusan, initially to be set up at Taejon.

Video: 'The Real M.A.S.H. - Korean War

It was followed by the 8063rd MASH (often referenced in the television show M*A*S*H, which featured the fictional 4077th MASH unit, loosely based on the 8055th), which was activated July 17 and sent on July 18 to Pohang to support the U.S. 1st Cavalry, and the 8076th M.A.S.H. (activated July 19, and sent to Taejon on July 25, 1950).