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June 25, 1950: North Korean units attack across the 38th Parallel.
June 27: UN Security Council urges member states to help the ROK repel the invasion. The U.S. leads the UN Command that forms.
July 1: First U.S. combat units arrive. The North Korean offensive continues southward before being stopped along the Nakdong River line.
August 4: The Pusan Perimeter is established.
September 15: A U.S. amphibious assault at Inchon flanks the enemy.
September 16: U.S. Eighth Army surges northward out of the Pusan Perimeter.
October 28: Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) enter the conflict, reinforcing North Korea.
1951 and 1952: Offensives and counteroffensives by both sides drag out the conflict.
July 27, 1953: An armistice is signed between the UN Command and the Chinese North Korean Command.
More than 200,000 fallen service members are honored at an ABMC site. Search the burial database.
