No Gun Ri Massacre

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Historical Investigation Korean War To what extent did the U.S Military Policies during the Korean War contribute to the No Gun Massacre of 1950? Veiled behind the forgotten war of history is the brutal massacre of an unknown number of Korean refugees around the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea. This investigation will assess the correlation between U.S military policy, in terms of the movement of refugees during the Korean War, and the No Gun Ri Massacre. In assessing how the military policies were partly responsible for the massacre, documents and details from US military records regarding the No Gun Ri incident are examined. Two of the sources used in the essay, Beyond No Gun Ri: Refugees and the United States Military in the Korean War by Sahr Conway-Lanz and a letter, known as the Muccio Letter, by the US Ambassador to Korea, John J. Muccio, are…show more content…
Her investigation is important because as it provides first hand evidence of the time which outlines the military policies of the US Army. Because of the wide range of primary sources the author uses to elaborate the No Gun Ri massacre and the US policies that allowed for the tragedy to happen, this source is valuable in interpreting how US military policies triggered the events at No Gun Ri. Unlike the Pentagon’s investigation of the No Gun Ri Massacre, which provides sources advantageous for the US to avoid blame, this article gives a well-rounded view of the incident as it presents both perspectives; that the US had no choice but to impose these military policies as a last resort that these actions, made by the ‘protector of the world’, could not be justified. The limitation of this source is that, although presenting both perspectives, it subtly conveys a sense of bias against the US military
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