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Korean War

The Korean War was a conflict that took place in the 1950s. It involved North Korea and South Korea. American, British and Chinese soldiers fought in the war. As time went on, the War was often forgotten in the public eye. (PROSE: Mrs Acres, COMIC: The Good Soldier)

In December 1950, Rhodes fought with the US Army against the Red Chinese, who came across the Yalu out of Manchuria, on a frozen hilltop south of the Changjin Reservoir in Korea. (COMIC: The Good Soldier)

Jeremy was an American soldier who fought in the war. (PROSE: Waiting for Jeremy) Private Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (on national service), Sergeant Johnny Rivers, and 2nd Lt. Spencer Pemberton of the Parachute Regiment, 3rd Battalion all fought in the war, with Lethbridge-Stewart going on leave in 1951. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune, The Ambush!, Mutually Assured Domination) Pemberton mentored the young private. (PROSE: The Ambush!)

During the war, the Doctor provided medical help at Changjin Reservoir and Panmunjom. (PROSE: First Frontier)

According to one account, the War Lords incorporated combatants from the Korean War in the War Games. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the War Games)

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