1997
DOI: 10.2307/2953916
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The "Long Pull" Army: NSC 68, the Korean War, and the Creation of the Cold War U.S. Army

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“…The result was the outnumbered Allied forces being pushed back to the port of Pusan, in a desperate defense, while other forces were redeployed to the theater and other forces mobilized. It may be worth considering that the U.S. Army in 1950 was organized into ten divisions, with 670,000 active duty soldiers at the beginning of 1950 (18). The authorized active duty strength of the U.S. Army as of this writing is 512,400 active duty soldiers and 148,442 mobilized reserve soldiers, * In the winter of 1950, over 300,000 Red Chinese crossed the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China, and organized into 10 divisions (19).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The result was the outnumbered Allied forces being pushed back to the port of Pusan, in a desperate defense, while other forces were redeployed to the theater and other forces mobilized. It may be worth considering that the U.S. Army in 1950 was organized into ten divisions, with 670,000 active duty soldiers at the beginning of 1950 (18). The authorized active duty strength of the U.S. Army as of this writing is 512,400 active duty soldiers and 148,442 mobilized reserve soldiers, * In the winter of 1950, over 300,000 Red Chinese crossed the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China, and organized into 10 divisions (19).…”
Section: Conditionsmentioning
confidence: 99%