The Korean War began on June 25, 1950 when approximately 135,000 troops from North Korea crossed the 38^th Parallel marking the boundary between the communist-controlled North and South Korea (Berton, 2001, p. 529). The North Korean army, equipped by the Soviet Union, pushed southward into South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK) with little resistance and captured major cities, including Seoul on June 28 (Cumings, 2011, p. 11).  The forces of North Korea were outnumbered and suffered heavy casualties (Kawamoto and Reid, 2010).