Pickets protest war while MacArthur testifies: 1951
Three pickets paraded outside the Senate Office Building May 3, 1951 carrying signs that read “We don’t want war with Russia” and “MacArthur must be answered in public.”
The pickets said they were from the Patriotic Citizenship Association from New York.
Other signs read, “Harry, you’re off key again,” “Don’t cover up blunders with secrecy,” and “Russia knows our secrets, why can’t we?”
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was testifying before a closed Senate hearing on his version of why President Harry Truman fired him as commander of armed forces in Korea.
MacArthur had publicly advocated widening the war by invading the People’s Republic of China and utilizing the atomic bomb whereas Truman sought to contain the conflict. The Soviet Union had already developed atomic weapons by this point in time.
The Korean conflict had its roots when Korea was drawn into Soviet and U.S. zones divided by the 38th parallel toward the end of World War II by the two wartime allies.
However as U.S.-Soviet relations soured, separate governments were set up in the South under Syngman Rhee and in the North under Kim Il Sung, who had led communist guerrillas against the Japanese occupation.
Both governments declared themselves to be the sole government of all of Korea, but Kim had more of a claim with more than 5,000 members of guerilla forces operating in the South.
After a number of border incursions by the South into the North, Kim prepared for war gaining the ascent of both the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China.
On June 25, 1950 the Korean People’s Army crossed the 38th parallel and began routing the South Korean forces.
The U.S. quickly sent in troops that threw back the People’s Army. The People’s Republic of China then sent in armed forces that threw back the Americans and eventually resulted in a stalemate.
In 1953 an armistice was reached between the UN (US led forces) and North Korea and China, but no peace agreement has ever been agreed to.
The U.S. intervention provoked patriotic support across the U.S. and further accelerated the anti-communist fervor that swept the country during that period.
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsmaXdZck
The photographer is unknown. The image is an ACME news photo.
Pickets protest war while MacArthur testifies: 1951
Three pickets paraded outside the Senate Office Building May 3, 1951 carrying signs that read “We don’t want war with Russia” and “MacArthur must be answered in public.”
The pickets said they were from the Patriotic Citizenship Association from New York.
Other signs read, “Harry, you’re off key again,” “Don’t cover up blunders with secrecy,” and “Russia knows our secrets, why can’t we?”
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was testifying before a closed Senate hearing on his version of why President Harry Truman fired him as commander of armed forces in Korea.
MacArthur had publicly advocated widening the war by invading the People’s Republic of China and utilizing the atomic bomb whereas Truman sought to contain the conflict. The Soviet Union had already developed atomic weapons by this point in time.
The Korean conflict had its roots when Korea was drawn into Soviet and U.S. zones divided by the 38th parallel toward the end of World War II by the two wartime allies.
However as U.S.-Soviet relations soured, separate governments were set up in the South under Syngman Rhee and in the North under Kim Il Sung, who had led communist guerrillas against the Japanese occupation.
Both governments declared themselves to be the sole government of all of Korea, but Kim had more of a claim with more than 5,000 members of guerilla forces operating in the South.
After a number of border incursions by the South into the North, Kim prepared for war gaining the ascent of both the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China.
On June 25, 1950 the Korean People’s Army crossed the 38th parallel and began routing the South Korean forces.
The U.S. quickly sent in troops that threw back the People’s Army. The People’s Republic of China then sent in armed forces that threw back the Americans and eventually resulted in a stalemate.
In 1953 an armistice was reached between the UN (US led forces) and North Korea and China, but no peace agreement has ever been agreed to.
The U.S. intervention provoked patriotic support across the U.S. and further accelerated the anti-communist fervor that swept the country during that period.
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsmaXdZck
The photographer is unknown. The image is an ACME news photo.