The Korean War is often refereed to as the forgotten war, overshadowed by the Giant Conflicts of WW1 and WW2, then eclipsed again for difference reasons by Vietnam. It isn't forgotten entirely though...

 

Not forgotten by those who were there,

Not forgotten by those who care,

Not forgotten by those who survived,

We must Remember those who died.  

The Korean War pitted 22 United Nation countries against the Military Forces of North Korea, China, and to a small extent the Soviet Union. It was the first time the UN formed together to fight as a cohesive force and would turn out to be one of the only Major engagements they ever undertook.  The War saw huge armies advancing and retreating hundreds of miles. The UN forces undertook massive amphibious landings, air campaigns, and dug in to trench lines akin to 1916.

 

Thousands of new jet aircraft streaked across the wide open skies of Korea as, Soviet pilots met Americans for the first time in combat.  On land the war would move the length of the peninsula several times and the south Korean Capital of Seoul would change hands on 4 occasions during the war, being reduced to rubble by the end. The freezing winters with horrible wind and mud were rivaled only by the sweltering summer dust.

 

Korea was an unforgiving environment, and the fighting was hampered by politics, infighting within the command structure, and the fear of all out Nuclear War terrified the US government into a strategy of de-escalation and limited war. There is people who believe we should have and could have liberated the peninsula, just as others feel the outcome was a victory. 

Ultimately the War continues to this day, the anti western rhetoric from the North Koreans remains as strong today as in 1950. One thing is for sure though, if it wasn't for the sacrifice of those 22 UN countries, South Korea would not exist today. That right there is reason enough to Remember this war and honor those who served.