... U.S would evacuate the peninsula only if we were forced out by military necessity (Mathew B Ridgway 92). President Truman announced his opposition to defending Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa, and in a famous speech to the National Press Club on January 12, Secretary of State Dean repeated the President's views, and again excluded South Korea from the U.S. defense perimeter, though he hedged this ... else to control the country. General Macarthur should be one of them. Innocence of General Macarthur left a quote "Old Soldiers never die .they just fade away" One of the most famous quotes in K...

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