June 27 in American History
Two days after communist North Korea invaded the South, President Truman ordered American forces to intervene, under a United Nations banner — without a formal declaration of war from Congress. It was a fateful precedent for how America would fight its Cold War conflicts, and the start of a war that still hasn't formally ended.
In 1950: Truman commits U.S. forces to Korea. Two days after communist North Korea invaded the South, President Truman ordered American forces to intervene, under a United Nations banner — without a formal declaration of war from Congress.
Two days after communist North Korea invaded the South, President Truman ordered American forces to intervene, under a United Nations banner — without a formal declaration of war from Congress. It was a fateful precedent for how America would fight its Cold War conflicts, and the start of a war that still hasn't formally ended.
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