"Me and my bunker on Pork Chop Hill before all
hell broke loose."
Sergeant
Martin Lorenz, 7th Infantry Division, Korea 1953
Library of Congress
Korean War Timeline - Year 1953
See also
The Korean War in the
Stream of Time
Timeline of the Korean
War (USMA)
March 5, 1953
Joseph Stalin dies.
The
Politburo
is eager to end the war.
Mao Zedong is miffed but knows
he doesn't have much of a chance without the help of the Soviet
Union.
July 27, 1953
Armistice signed at Panmunjom.
Mark W. Clark signed for the UNC,
Peng Dehuai for the Chinese, and
Kim-Il-sung for the North
Koreans.
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