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What does Korean War mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A war fought in the Korean Peninsula from 1950–1953 between the Soviet Union-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United Nations-backed Republic of Korea.
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Cope was one of more than 8,000 Americans missing in action during the Korean War.
As before, the Korean War recipients ranged from privates to lieutenant colonels, with nine army men and three Marines represented.
The build-up of armaments is part of the broadest repositioning of US forces worldwide since the end of the Korean War more than 50 years ago.
This takes into account the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Korean War and Vietnam.
During the Korean War, Johnson flew fighter-bombers while attached to the US Air Force.
During the Korean War, both Pyongyang and Beijing repeatedly accused the US of employing bacteriological weapons.

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