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Military-diplomatic Adventurism: Communist China's Foreign Policy in the Early Stage of the Korean War (1950-1951)

Description: The thesis studies the relations of Communist China's foreign policy and its military offensives in the battlefield in Korean Peninsula in late 1950 and early 1951, an important topic that has yet received little academic attention. As original research, this thesis cites extensively from newly declassified Soviet and Chinese archives, as well as American and UN sources. This paper finds that an adventurism dominated the thinking and decision-making of Communist leaders in Beijing and Moscow, w… more
Date: August 2013
Creator: Zhong, Wenrui
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[News Script: Navy Commander]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Buster E. Toon being named commander of the Nval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center in Dallas, Texas.
Date: August 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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US-Japan Relations during the Korean War

Description: During the Korean War, US-Japan relations changed dramatically from the occupation status into one of a security partnership in Asia. When North Korea invaded South Korea, Washington perceived Japan as the ultimate target. Washington immediately intervened in the Korean peninsula to protect the South on behalf of Japanese security. Japanese security was the most important objective of American policy regarding the Korean War, a reality to which historians have not given legitimate attention. Wh… more
Date: May 1995
Creator: Kim, Nam G. (Nam Gyun)
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[News Clip: Navy Commander]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Buster E. Toon being named commander of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center in Dallas, Texas.
Date: August 23, 1956
Duration: 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Battle for the Punchbowl: The U. S. 1st Marine Division 1951 Fall Offensive of the Korean War

Description: This study is an operational and tactical study of a battle fought by the U. S. 1st Marine Division near "the Punchbowl," an extinct volcano of military value in the Taebaek Mountains of Korea, from late August through mid September 1951. That engagement was to be the last 1st Marine Division offensive of the Korean War. This battle, for Yoke and Kanmubong Ridges, has received little coverage from historians. That it is all but forgotten is surprising, since it was one of the hardest fought for… more
Date: August 2007
Creator: Montandon, Joshua W.
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The Actions and Operational Thinking of Generals Stratemeyer and Partridge during the Korean War: Adjusting to Political Restrictions of Air Campaigns

Description: Airpower played an important supporting role in the Korean War, and as General of the Army Douglas MacArthur pursued victory in the war and President Harry S Truman's objectives altered throughout the first year of the conflict, tension arose between the two men. One issue in these frictions was the restriction of airpower. Not only MacArthur, but also his admiring subordinate Lieutenant General George E. Stratemeyer commanding the Far East Air Forces, and Fifth Air Force commander Major Gene… more
Date: May 2008
Creator: Sambaluk, Nicholas Michael
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A weak link in the chain: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Truman-MacArthur controversy during the Korean War.

Description: This work examines the actions of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the first year of the Korean War. Officially created in 1947, the Joint Chiefs saw their first true test as an institution during the conflict. At various times, the members of the JCS failed to issue direct orders to their subordinate, resulting in a divide between the wishes of President Truman and General MacArthur over the conduct of the war. By analyzing the interaction between the Joint Chiefs and General Douglas MacArthur… more
Date: May 2008
Creator: Sager, John
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Oral History Interview with Wiliam Wayne Kitts, May 13, 2009

Description: Transcript of an interview with William Wayne Kitts, U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare veteran of World War II. Kitts shares concerning his childhood and family history in Sulphur Springs, Texas; college at the University of Texas during the Depression; musical background; enlistment in the U.S. Navy shortly after the attack at Pearl Harbor; midshipman school in New York City and selection for sonar school in Key West, Florida; assignment to USS Mason, the first ship in the navy with an integrat… more
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Date: May 13, 2009
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Kitts, William Wayne, 1921-
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Script: Benefactor leaves on visit to Korea]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. Loyd W. Doughty, who gathered 27 plane-loads of relief goods to send to orphaned children of the Korean war. Money was also raised to send her and Dr. Yak Shin Lee to Korea to check on the children.
Date: June 19, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Meeting Minutes for TXSSAR Arlington Chapter #7, January 9, 2016

Description: A document that records the meeting minutes from the January 9 meeting of the Arlington Chapter of TXSSAR. Sections are given to each formal portion of the meeting's proceedings and smaller notes are included beneath the larger groupings.
Date: January 9, 2016
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
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[News Script: Clark speaks]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about General Charles Cabell and Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, speaking about Korean peace.
Date: April 18, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Oral History Interview with Max Schlotter, July 21, 2014

Description: Transcript of an interview with Max Schlotter, WWII and Korean War Navy veteran. Schlotter shares concerning his childhood in the Congo and Texas; family history; living on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation near Livingston, Texas; enlistment in the Navy; assignment on USS Thurston; attending the V-12 program; assignment on the USS Long Island in the Pacific Theater; post-war college and teaching; recall by Navy during the Korean War; assignment to USS Adirondack and Naples, Italy; and post-war … more
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Date: July 21, 2014
Creator: Millier, Callie & Schlotter, Max, 1924-
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Oral History Interview with General Alpha Lyons Bowser, March 12, 1998

Description: Transcript of an interview with General Alpha Lyons Bowser, a Marine Corps veteran (3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division), concerning his experiences as an artillery officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bowser also discusses his role in planning the Inchon landing, 1950, during the Korean War.
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Date: March 12, 1998
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bowser, Alpha Lyons
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