President Harry S. Truman “Statement on the Situation in Korea” (June 27, 1950)
President Harry S. Truman
(Photo: Truman Library)
“IN KOREA the Government forces, which were armed to prevent border raids and to preserve internal security, were attacked by invading forces from North Korea. The Security Council of the United Nations called upon the invading troops to cease hostilities and to withdraw to the 38th parallel. This they have not done, but on the contrary have pressed the attack. The Security Council called upon all members of the United Nations to render every assistance to the United Nations in the execution of this resolution. In these circumstances I have ordered United States air and sea forces to give the Korean Government troops cover and support.”
Source and Full Text: “Statement by the President on the Situation in Korea” June 27, 1950. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project.
On June 25, 2017, war broke out on the Korean Peninsula as forces from the communist North invaded South Korea. Forces from the United States were soon committed to the fighting, although there was no declaration of war by Congress.
With her brother on her back a war weary Korean girl tiredly trudges by a stalled M-26 tank, at Haengju, Korea., 06/09/1951 Item from Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the Navy Resources on the Korean War from the National Archives.
