When a Battalion Made Up of Colombians Fought in the Korean

Yes, even though many may not know it, Colombia took part in the Korean War with a military contingent, and it did so as a combatant, the only one from a Latin American country, by the way (Cuba and El Salvador were also there but in a medical support role). It cost them more than half a thousand ca

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