The Army's performance was so bad the U.S. Congress conducted an
investigation to determine what went wrong and why.

It also affected the U.S. Army for years afterward! I went through
basic training in the winter of 1956, and of course the cadre were all
veterans of Korea. They were intensely aware of how badly the troops
were trained for that conflict (as I recall, the army set up training
centers behind the lines, so as to knock some skills into the men who
were sent over), and they were determined that it wouldn't happen on
their watch. They ran us ragged.

I believe that even the system of putting every recruit through "first
eight" of infantry basic was the result of the Korean experience.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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