Second Saturday - Talkin' Truman: Memories of Korea June 12, 2010

June 25, 2010 marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War. For the people of Korea, the war was a cause of great suffering as families were separated and as the land was laid to waste. To American policy makers, the war was the first test of the nation's new role at the head of the world's democracies. And for President Truman, Korea represented a particular challenge to demonstrate that nations, acting in concert through the United Nations, had the responsibility to halt the kind of aggression that had triggered two world wars in his lifetime. Join us as we draw from the archives for a provocative exploration at what is often termed "The Forgotten War."