this is our exhibit called the forgotten war korea from 1950 to 1953 and highlighting through art lent to us from the department of the navy and art i haves who are mostly present during the korean war and to really highlight the conflicts that were going on there and really show that even though korea sort of is this forgotten war it deserves to be remembered and the men who fought there and lost their lives deserve some recognition similar to those from the world wars as well as the vietnam conflict. this is an introduction to the exhibit itself. we give a little bit of background information about the beginnings of what's going on in korea and how it was under occupation in world war ii and the soviet union and the united states and the aftermath

along the 38th parallel. just giving you an introduction. we have artwork by herbert hawn who was in korea. he wasn't a painter. he was more involved in photography but some of his superior officers heard he was an excellent doodler so they really encouraged him to be like you're going to become a new painter for the u.s. navy. for the duration of the war. it was a navy cruiser. we have a year book here on loan from the navy. they were given out at the end of deployment about life about the ships and a sayilor's swimsuit who would wear in korea and this to give you a taste

what's to come throughout the rest of the exhibit as you go through it. and highlight some of the other artists that we have included. we have a lot of art featuring helicopters and fighter jets. so they really do move quickly to catch up with the red army and here we've got a lot of images to focus on some of the new planes that were invented particularly the f 86 saber which makes its debut in korea and helicopters are used wildly as well. and also a lot of great famous people who fought in korea including a lot of the original astronauts, kneel armstrong and

buzz and john glenn. ted williams. you have these amazing men both known and unknown other than to their families. this is my favorite portion of the exhibit. we highlight jesse brown. he was from mississippi and one of the first african-americans to join the united states navy. one of their first pilots who struggled when he joined the pilot program. he had to pass a swim test. they kept trying to say he couldn't swim. he outlasted him. so he goes to korea and by december 1950 his plane is shot down and died of explease poser.

his body remains in north korea. work has been made to try to recover it for the family and this picture in particular painting is based off a photograph. it was painted by clifford lee. while he doesn't fight in korea he saw this imman and decided to make a portrait of it because it was inspiring to him. it does highlight not only how important korea is and overall race relations is, his main goal really was racial integration and one of the first to really embrace this idea of civil rights. he issues an executive order forcing immigration of the military and really tired of waiting for the government to do it. so he uses his constitutional

power to get it done. we have a lot of art. he gets started in the korean campaign. here's a lot of work exploring day-to-day life and what it's like in the combat field. we discuss a lot about the mash unit when the korean campaign broke out. they realized there were a lot of fatalities because the hospital areas weren't close to the front lines. mash units were set up so you could take triage people and give them the care they need until they can get to more permanent facilities. it takes place in korean war although it's much more closely associated with the vietnam war.

most of the fighting is srofltd in the first year a ping pong between the north korean army and us supporting south korea and the clash between communism and capitalists. this eternal struggle throughout the cold war between the east and west. this is the first conflict the cold war and first real military action twaepb by the united nations and truman's first real

foray to make sure communism doesn't spread elsewhere. 1951 and 1953 is the struggle to end the war as quickly as possible. one of the people end ridgeway is this man. this is a colored pencil from herbert hawn and highlights how talented he is. incredibly life like. in 1952 stalin dies and the chinese can't fight without the soviets using their machinery. so they decide to finally make progress towards the cease fire and this is the painting by russell connor depicting the

signing. primarily those soviet north korean and chinese troops because obviously the west doesn't want them to go back to the communist regime. so neutral third party has to be set up to talk to all pow's and ask them essentially where would you like to return to and then they'll be returned to that location. this is a great imman of a north korean pow. it really sort of highlights this struggle that is about pow's and that's the core of the korean war. what do do you with all these

people. so there is a demillion rised zone and then south korea with its capital in seoul. riley riley it really has got the nickname the forgotten war and that it's sandwiched between two of the biggest conflicts as far as we're concerned. but people went and fought and died. 35,000 soldiers died in korea from america and 3.5 million in total and mostly civilians. to get the history and the scope, look at some fabulous american art depicting the war and get inside as to what was going on in the 1950's.

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