Minesota Representative Walter Judd and the Korean War 1950 | President Truman Commits to the Korean War 1950
1950, President Truman, Quick Magazine

Truman Decides to Defend South Korea
(Quick Magazine, 1950)

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“[Truman’s] fateful decision to send U.S. planes and ships into the Korean fighting was made with advice of Representative Walter Judd (1898 – 1994: R., Minn.). Judd had been sharply critical of U.S. Far Eastern policy on grounds that it was opening the doorto Communism. The day after fighting started, State Department officials asked Judd’s advice on procedures for helping South Korea.”