PENNSYLVANIA, June 25 - will now use armed invasion and war"; and

WHEREAS, On July 1, 1950, the first United States ground

combat troops, the Army 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Division

and 24th Infantry Division, arrived in Korea; and

WHEREAS, On July 7, 1950, the United Nations Security Council

recommended all forces engaged in the Korean conflict be placed

under the command of the United States; and

WHEREAS, General Douglas MacArthur was then named Commander

of all United Nations forces in Korea; and

WHEREAS, Under the leadership of General MacArthur, Allied

Forces attacked the North Koreans from both directions in the

infamous battle at Inchon Landing; and

WHEREAS, In that battle, the United States' troops captured

the port on September 15, 1950, paving the way for the American-

led United Nations troops to retake Seoul on September 26, 1950;

and

WHEREAS, General MacArthur's strategy of a wider war included

a war against China which was in stark contrast to President

Truman's position of a more limited war and created a point of

contention between the two leaders; and

WHEREAS, In defiance, General MacArthur took a hardline

stance stating that there is no substitute for victory against

international communism; and

WHEREAS, This statement by General MacArthur resulted in

President Truman relieving the general of his duties on April

11, 1951; and

WHEREAS, In July 1951, President Truman and his new military

commanders began peace talks at Panmunjom, South Korea, with

both sides agreeing to adhere to the 38th Parallel but

disagreeing on whether prisoners of war should be forcibly

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