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=Leaders and Generals of The Korean War-Communist and Democratic-By:Joey=

South Korea
Syngman Rhee Chung Il-kwon Paik Sun-yup

U.S.A.
Douglas MacArthur Matthew Ridgway Mark Wayne Clark

North Korea
Kim Il-sung Choi Yong-kun Van Len Kim Chaek

People's Republic of China
Mao Zedong Peng Dehuai

=EXTRA FOCUS= = = [|Douglas MacArthur] Douglas MacArthur was born on January 26, 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1903, MacArthur graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. He achieved one of the highest academic records in the school's history.

MacArthur joined World War I in April of 1917. He was ranked as major. He became Chief of Staff of the 42nd division. This division was nicknamed the "Rainbow Division". By June of 1918, MacArthur became a brigadier general.

After World War I, MacArthur became the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy. He occupied this position from 1919 to 1922. At the age of 50, he became the chief of staff of the U.S. Army.

MacArthur was appointed to head of the military force that the United Nations (UN) sent to defend South Korea. MacArthur also led a surprise landing behind enemy lines at the South Korean port, Inchon. This made the UN forces able to capture Seoul and almost caused the total collapse of the North Korean army. MacArthur then invaded North Korea.

[|Matthew Ridgway] Matthew Bunker Ridgway was born in Monroe, Virginia on March 3, 1895. Ridgway was a West Point student and graduated in 1917. He became the 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Ridgway then completed the officer's course at the United States Army Infantry School in Fort Benning, Georgia.

Ridgway's most important command assignment happened in 1950. Lieutenant General Walton Walker had just died. Because of Walker's death, Ridgway gained command of the 8th U.S. Army. They had been deployed in South Korea upon the invasion of North Korea in June of that year.

Ridgway knew that one of his first jobs was to restore the Eighth Army soldiers’ confidence in themselves. To do this he had to be aggressive. Even through all of the tough times in November and December, and find other leaders in 8th Army who were not defeatist or defensive oriented. Over time he proved that he was quick to reward commanders who shared his sentiments and just as quick to relieve those officers at any level who did not.



The reason the Korean War was important was because we helped the independence of South Korea. The reason why leaders and generals are important to the Korean War is because they lead the soldiers into battle.

Source Citation James, D. Clayton. "MacArthur, Douglas." //World Book Online Reference Center//. 2007. Highland, 2/7/07 <[|http://www.worldbookonline.com.ezproxy.cooklib.org:2048/wb/Article?id=ar335760>.] Matthew Ridgway. (2007, February 9). In //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. Retrieved 07:02, February 13, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Ridgway&oldid=106925576 Korean War. (2007, February 14). In //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. Retrieved 14:39, February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Korean_War&oldid=108020698

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