July 5, 1950
First clash between the U.S. and North Korea

  
  On June 30, North Korean troops broke the silence and began their attack.  

Gen. MacArthur, who had visited Korea on the 29th, requested military aid, and on the 30th, U.S. President Truman dispatched troops into Korea.  On the next day, July 1st, the Smith army arrived in Pu-san, Korea.  

U.S. troops were feeling quite confident about the war.  They had believed that their mere presence would frighten away the North Korean troops.    

However, the Smith army suffered a major defeat.  From the battle, U.S. forces lost 150 out of 540 soldiers, and 72 were held hostage by the North Korean army.  

Their only accomplishment was to stall the North Korean army’s southward march for 6 hours.