Manchester (CL 83) - Naval Cruise Book

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2500 Years before the birth of Christ, Mongolian people miprated from China and Manchuria and founded the nation of Korea. They had moved to a mountainous peninsula, the size of hnfiland, bounded on three sides by water: the Yellow Sea on the western coast, the Sea of Japan on the Eastern coast, and the Korea Channel on the southern tip. Populated with about 28,400,000 pe )[)Ie, Korea, in the 15th Centur , had a renaissance. Silver, g tl l, ( ' [)per, zi nr, iron and lead, hard coal, and tungsten were brought uj) from the earth. Artists were turning out literary works, taxes were made unilorm throughout the land, schools were pro- vided, and precision tools were matle available. Korean craftsmanship was a rich prize for China and Japan. The Koreans fought the aggressive Chinese and Japanese armies which marched the length and width of the tin na- tion but the battle was a loss for the Koreans. Japan an l China drained Korea of the progress the had produced with their hands and their minds.

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Tangoon, the Simon Bolivar of Korea, establishe his primitive people in the land he named Chosui Land of the Morning Freshness. KOREA

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In 1853, Commodore Perry sailed his diplomatic cruise and Korea was opened to world trafle. In 1904. following the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese occupied Korea, ruled the land, and again reaped the values of their next l M)r neighbor. In 1945, Ja[)anese troops surrendered to the United States and Russia — Russian occ-upation forces above the 38th parallel, the United States below the 38th. Shortly after the Japanese surrender. Russian and I nited States forces withdrew from the war-exhausted nation. Open conflict followed. The North and the South were fighting a civil war. The North rolled across the 38th with lire-power and man-power. The North woidd soon be aided b (Com- munist China, and American soldiers, sailors, and marines would be aiding South Korea in the LInited Nations fight for Korea.