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"Me and my bunker on Pork Chop Hill before all
hell broke loose."
Korea 1953
Korean War Timeline - Year 1953
Photo above:
Sergeant Martin Lorenz, 7th Infantry Division, on Pork Chop Hill
Library of Congress
March 5, 1953
Joseph Stalin dies.
The
Politburo
is eager to end the war.
Mao Zedong is miffed but knows
he doesn't have much of a chance without the help of the Soviet
Union.
July 27, 1953
Armistice signed at Panmunjom.
Mark W. Clark signed for the UNC,
Peng Dehuai for the Chinese, and
Kim-Il-sung for the North
Koreans.
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