Canada in the Korean War and South Koreas, with the North occupied by troops from the Soviet Union, and the South, below the 38th parallel, occupied by troops from the United States. The Soviet forces entered the Korean Peninsula on 10 August 1945, followed a few weeks later by the American forces who entered through Incheon. U.S. Army Lieutenant General John R. Hodge formally accepted the surrender of Japanese forces south of the 38th Parallel on 9 September 1945 at the Government House in Seoul. Although both rival factions tried initially to diplomatically reunite the divided nation, the Northern faction eventually tried to do so
Student soldiers in the Korean War Student soldiers in the Korean War Student soldiers were individuals in Korea who volunteered or were forced to cease their studies and fight as soldiers during the Korean War. The soldiers were typically high school students. In its narrowest sense, it often refers only to students who were forced to join them during the Japanese occupation period and Korean War. Generally, those studying found themselves exempt from the draft but in emergency situations, students were drafted into the army and engaged in the battle. It was the first time that the student soldier was organized because they had gathered in