An item reported that the US navy was doubled since the outbreak of the Korean War (1) in June 1950 according to a speech at Memphis, Tennessee by the minister of navy Kimball (2). At that moment were 750,000 men and women serving against the 374,000 in June 1950. The corps marines increased from 74,000 to 200,000 men.
Notes
1. Korean War (25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953) was between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, both countries supported by either the United States or the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union.
2. Dan Able Kimball (1 March 1896 Saint Louis, Missouri-30 July 1970), Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air since February 1949, since May of the same year Under Secretary of Navy and finally Secretary of the Navy between 31 July 1951 and 20 January 1953.
