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America's first conflict in the Asian peninsula was in 1871. 

You might not find this one in history textbooks. Here's What You Need to Know: Korea would not finally establish a treaty with the United States until 1882. Seventy-nine years before American troops launched the landing operation at Inchon during the Korean War, U.S. troops were involved in another amphibious assault in that corner of Korea. The Korean Expedition of 1871 sought to open trade with the insular Asian nation—and avenge the destruction of an American ship crewed by kidnappers and pirates. Fifteen American sailors and marines won the Medal of Honor in the brief war, the first s...