Iran's strike wounded over a dozen U.S. personnel and hit valuable jets in Saudi Arabia
NPR →More than a dozen U.S. service members were wounded and two E-3 Sentry aircraft were damaged in an Iranian strike on an air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday, according to a U.S. official. Several of the service members have serious injuries.
Communists Hit USS New Jersey and Destroyer Bass; Two Navy Men Wounded
WASHINGTON, May 6 — Two Navy men were killed and 11 were wounded when Communist artillery fire from shore positions in Korea struck the battleship New Jersey and the destroyer Brinkley Bass. The Navy Department said the battleship was struck yesterday and the destroyer was hit Sunday. Both vessels were at anchor in the bay and were bombarding the enemy held port of Wonsan on the Korean east coast. After being hit by the enemy shellfire, both American warships slipped their anchors and quickly sailed out of range.
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Operation Strangle (Korean War)
Operation Strangle was a sustained interdiction attack on North Korea's supplies and communications by the United Nations forces during the Korean War. Beginning in August 1951, the campaign's 87,552 interdiction sorties were credited with destroying 276 locomotives, 3,820 railroad cars, 19,000 rail cuts, and 34,211 other vehicles.
Wikipedia →Blockade of Wonsan
The blockade of Wonsan, or the siege of Wonsan, from February 16, 1951, to July 27, 1953, during the Korean War, was the longest naval blockade in modern history, lasting 861 days. United Nations naval forces, primarily from the United States, kept the strategically important city of Wonsan from being used by the North Korean Navy. The blockade diverted communist troops from the front line.
Wikipedia →Korean Armistice Agreement
The Korean Armistice Agreement is an armistice that brought about a cessation of hostilities of the Korean War. It was signed by United States Army Lieutenant General William Harrison Jr. and General Mark W. Clark representing the United Nations Command (UNC), North Korea leader Kim Il Sung and General Nam Il representing the Korean People's Army (KPA), and Peng Dehuai representing the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA). The armistice was signed on 27 July 1953, and was designed to 'ensure a complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in...'
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On 23 January 1968, the ship was attacked and captured by a North Korean vessel, in what became known as the 'Pueblo incident'. The seizure of the U.S. Navy ship and her 83 crew members, one of whom was killed in the attack, came less than a week after President Lyndon B. Johnson's State of the Union address to the...
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