Fresh troops landed on the shores of Masan, South Korea. With barely a moment to catch their breath, they were thrust westward, tasked with defending the Pusan Perimeter – the final bulwark against ...

Surrounded on three sides by the Sea of Japan and the enemy’s advance, the Pusan Perimeter was a shrinking foothold around ...

The valor displayed at the Pusan Perimeter deserves to be remembered and honored. These were largely young men, many barely out of high school, thrust into a war in a land they knew little about.

Before the United Nations forces made last week’s landing at Inchon, this was the situation: For six weeks the North Koreans around the Pusan perimeter had maintained heavy pressure on Lieut ...

Eighth Army honored the Soldiers who defended the Pusan Perimeter during the 63rd anniversary of the Nakdong River Battle, during a ceremony Sept. 13, 2013, at Waegwan, South Korea.

In memory of those who were killed or injured along the Pusan Perimeter, the Republic of Korea government established the Nakdong River Battle Victory Event in Waegwan in 2009, ...

The enemy knew that a U.N. landing was hanging over him. His spies had spotted U.S. and South Korean troops embarking from Pusan. The planes and ships that raked his coasts, on west and east, ...

In the annals of American military history, certain battles and campaigns stand out in our collective memory - Gettysburg, D-Day, Iwo Jima. Yet, one of the most crucial moments in 20th-century ...