United States Army Reserve Mobilization for the Korean War; OCH Pub 4-2
Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Office of Army Reserve History, 2013. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xcii, [1], 121, [3] pages. Illustrations (some in color), Maps, Figures. Foreword; Preface; 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee; The Korean War: A General Summary; Mobilization of the Army Reserve; Medal of Honor for Exceptional Soldiers; A Selective Chronology; U.S. Army Reserve Units Deployed; and U.S. Army Reserve Units Mobilized. Also includes Figure 1 of Theater Lines of Command for Operations in Korea, 23 November 1950; Figure 2 of Organization of United Nations Command Forces in Korea, 23 November 1950; and Figure 3: Enemy Lines of Command, 23 November 1950. Also contains maps of the Korean Peninsula; The Battle Front, 23 November 1950; Inchon Landing; Eighth Army Withdrawal, 1-23 December 1950; War Offensive Movements; An Armistice ended the Korean War; Battle of the Changjin (Chosin) Reservoir; The Battle of Chipyong-ni, 13-14 February 1951; Eighth Army Advance, 20 May - 1 July 1951. Contains Army Art: 1950 Withdrawal from Kato-ri, Master Sergeant Henrietta Snowden; Nurses at Work, John Groth; Nurse Giving Plasma, John Groth; South of Ch'prwon, Master Sergeant Henrietta Snowden; and Breakthrough at Chipyong-ni, H. Charles McBarron. Army Reserve Historical Painting: Kajon-Ni, Korea, December 1952. Battery C of the 780th Field Artillery Battalion fires an 8-inch howitzer, helping destroy enemy artillery and automatic weapons positions at Kajon-Ni, Korea near the 28th Parallel, Don Spaulding. Also contains other art: Corporal Hiroshi Miyamura by George Akimoto, 1977; and Pork Chop Hill, R. T. Roster. The Korean War changed the military policy of the United States for the rest of the century and through to the present day. The Americans rearmed, increased the number of United States military forces stationed overseas, fostered the continued growth of the military-industrial complex, and created an Army organized for rapid mobilization. An improved Army Reserve force emerged as an important part of this new heightened military readiness. In mobilizations following the Korean War, for the first time, the integrity of most Army Reserve units was maintained. As a standard, officers and enlisted men were not stripped out of organized units and sent into operations as replacements. Instead, the Army attempted to mobilize and deploy fully trained and manned Reserve units at the outbreak of the conflict. Thus, the lessons learned from the Korean War set the precedent for readiness of all Army Reserve organizations in future call-ups. The Korean War mobilization acted as the harbinger of the modem Army Reserve as we know it today. The surprise outbreak of this first post-1945 limited war caught the United States armed forces unprepared to respond with the speed necessary to stop the communist North Korean army from overrunning most of South Korea, while still defending against the main Soviet threat to Europe. A brutal and costly conflict ensued on the peninsula resulting in the death of millions which menaced the entire world with a possible nuclear exchange. Consequently, the Organized Reserve served primarily as a manpower pool to bring the under strength active Army units up to full manning through involuntary recalls as the Department of Defense worked desperately to deploy combat power to the theater of war as rapidly as possible. In order to better face future conflicts of this nature, the United States Congress redefined the reserve components with the passage of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952. This milestone legislation renamed the Organized Reserve as the Army Reserve. It created the Ready Reserve liable for active duty during wartime or in a national emergency. In addition, it established a Standby Reserve and a Retired pool liable for active duty under a congressional declaration. Most important, Congress set a policy that future mobilizations should call-up reserve component units first before any levies on reserve manpower pools. The Act of 1952 serves as the foundation upon which the Army Reserve functions today. The lessons learned from the Korean War still guide the way ahead as we face the challenges of maintaining security across the globe in these times of uncertainty. We must also not forget those servicemen who gave their lives. In the Korean War, the United States suffered 33,651 battle deaths and 20,617 non-battle deaths. This pamphlet is dedicated to those fallen comrades whose sacrifices some 60 years ago helped to make a freer and safer world for us today. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: U.S. Army, Reserve Mobilization, Korean War, Douglas MacArthur, Walton Walker, Matthew Ridgway, Prisoners of War, Inchon, Chosin Reservoir, Changjin, Chipyong-ni
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