The Korean War : Part Two Trivia Quiz

Answer: 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team

The 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, made their first jump on October 20-21, 1950, near P'yongyang the Capital of North Korea, the first and second waves consisted of 2,673 paratroopers. The next day they were followed by a third drop of support units consisting of 671 paratroopers.

Their second jump was five months later on March 23, 1951, at Munsan-ni near the 38th Parallel with 3,486 paratroopers jumping. The 187th Regimental Combat team was the only Army Airborne unit to see combat in the Korean War.

Answer: 34

When the Korean War ended on July 27, 1953, the U.S. Air Force B-29s had flown over 21,000 sorties, nearly 167,000 tons of bombs had been dropped and 34 B-29s had been lost in combat, sixteen to fighters, four to flak and fourteen to other causes. B-29 gunners had accounted for 34 Communist fighters.

Answer: 38th Parallel

South Korea came into being after World War Two, the result of a 1945 agreement reached by the Allies at the Potsdam Conference, making the 38th Parallel the boundary between a northern zone of the Korean peninsula to be occupied by the U.S.S.R., and southern zone to be controlled by the U.S. Forces.

Answer: 15

15 United Nations Countries sent combat troops to Korea they were: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Columbia, Ethiopia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand and Turkey. Four countries sent medical assistance they were, India, Italy, Norway and Sweden.

Answer: Kettle Hill

In the Battle of San Juan Hills, Kettle Hill was the northeastern extension of the heights and was the first hill that Lt. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders captured in their famous charge up San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898, in the Spanish-American War.

Answer: Lt. General Edward M. Almond

When the Korean War broke out, General Almond was serving as Chief of Staff to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur at General Headquarters Far East Command. In September 1950, he was named to command X Corps for the Inchon Landing, and for the duration of the War.

Answer: F-80C Shooting Star

On September 8, 1950, an F-80C Shooting Star flown by Lt. Russell J. Brown, flying with the 16th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, shot down a Russian-built MIG-15 in the world's first all-jet dogfight.

Answer: P'yongyang, North Korea

On August 29, 1952, the largest air strike of the Korean War occurred. 1400 Far East Air Force and carrier aircrafts bombed P'yongyang the Capital of North Korea.

Answer: Lt. General James A. Van Fleet

Lt. General James A. Van Fleet, took command of the U.S. Eighth Army on April 11, 1951, from Lt. General Matthew B. Ridgway who had replaced General Douglas MacArthur as Commander in Chief United Nations Command.

Answer: General Mark Clark

General Mark Clark, Commander in Chief United Nations Command, at 10:00 A.M. on July 27, 1953, signed the Armistice Documents ending the Korean War.