Korea The Forgotten War - 4 DVD Set!

seems like an excellent deal for learning about the korean war
I dont know why this dvd set hasnt gotten 100 4-5 star reviews yet for its content. (as it is very cheaply priced..i wasnt expecting anything great) It seems to very thoroughly cover the Korean War and has much film from the Korean war inside it.

I've Watched this Series at Least a Dozen Times
It makes the conflict come alive in real time. It has changed, sharpened, intensified, my understanding of the word Korea. This is a series parents can watch with their kids knowing they will see the unvarnished truth about the Korean War and war in general.
What struck me most is the resilience, courage, ingenuity and spirit of the American fighting man and woman. being a veteran, when I volunteer at the V.A. hospital, I can better connect with the vets who were there.

Refresher Course.
The Korean War, which some at the time insisted on calling a "police action" despite the 50,000 or so American deaths, was never really "forgotten." It just naturally went down the memory hole, largely for two reasons: (1) The peace talks in Panmunjom dragged on for two years and the public lost interest; and (2) the North Koreans, Chinese, and Russians lost in their attempt to expand their ideology but we didn't win either. The war ended in a cease fire, not a truce, just about where it began. We still have troops stationed at the 38th parallel and so do the North Koreans, and every once in a while there is a minor incident of violence.

This set of four disks takes us from "Prologue -- The Road to War" to interviews with two Medal of Honor recipients. Most of the first three disks deal with the military situation, the remainder with interviews. There are multiple talking heads, ranging from historians to PFCs. All the heads are American.

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