Life of The Korean War

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The Korean war was a hard fought battle and was hard on the soldiers who fought it.
The everyday life during the Korean war for a soldier was a hard one full of stress and tragedy. They fought hard in every battle of the Korean war but the least covered and hardest fought was the battle of "The Punchbowl". The Untied States purpose for entering the Korean war was to stop the spread of communism. The trials of everyday life of a soldier in the fight to stop communism was a hard fought one.

The conditions of everyday life for the soldiers in the Korean war was hard fought and full of tragedy. When the United States soldiers arrived they were split into their companies and then their smaller squads. The soldiers were then given directions to their front and due to there being no transportation they set out walking to their destinations. On their way to their units they ate C-rations and rested every once in a while on the long journey.
Once in battle everyday is an on the guard kind of day some are sent into enemy held areas to scout, for others the battle found their unit and...

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