The U.N. Security Council followed with a resolution authorizing a multi-national force to join the effort. Pork Chop Hill. Three years, one month and two days after the initial invasion, hostilities ended with an armistice signed by the United States and North Korea. But it was shunned by South Korea, whose leaders wanted to hold out for reunification. North Korea and South Korea today remain technically at war across the 122 miles that separate them.
Tensions are high over the North's potential nuclear weapons capacity.
U.S. veterans returned home to families and jobs but few parades. Unlike World War II, Korea was contained in its far-off battlefields. He remembers collecting used tin cans for the war's metal drive. Designers hope the memorial will heal wounds and bring closure for those who served or lost loved ones in the war. After 42 years, a generation is being recognized.