“In 1866, the American merchant ship USS General Sherman sailed to Pyongyang in attempt to open Korea for trade. The Koreans suspected that the true mission of the General Sherman was to loot their temples so they set the ship on fire and massacred the crew....
“In 1871, a U.S. expedition of five warships approached the Korean coast to establish diplomatic relations and inquire about the fate of the General Sherman. After the Koreans fired on the ships, the Americans launched an assault in which U.S Marines captured several coastal forts and removed the flags.”
I think it’s time for us to park a couple of those big,beautiful “boomers” off the Korean coast and make that fat psychopath an offer he can’t refuse.
Interesting. Good to know. Amazing what little tidbits can be found to weave a true story about our country, others, and how people/nations behave.
(But the editing could’ve been better. Seems as if no one proof-read this.)
Based on the headline, this sounds like another West Point “communism will win” story at the Naval Academy.
Ship captured in ‘68 by NK? Wow, that’s not even war-time for them, right? I guess it was “illegal”!
Fascinating bits of history here!
Dont tell me we have to give them back like what obamatard did with the Philippines..