todaysdocument: Armed Forces Newsmap - Volume 1, Number 35, 4/6/1953 Series: Issues of the Korean Wa
todaysdocument: Armed Forces Newsmap - Volume 1, Number 35, 4/6/1953 Series: Issues of the Korean War Era “Newsmap” Publication , ca. 1953 - ca. 1998. Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1785 - 2005 Weekly Newsmap posters like this one from April 6, 1953, were distributed to military personnel by the U.S. Department of Defense during the Korean War. This issue highlights growing Cold War conflicts around the world, including continued nuclear weapons testing in Nevada and a French request for U.S. aid in southeast Asia where two years later the Vietnam War would begin. The reverse of the document features a map of “The Balkan Area” where tensions were increasing following Stalin’s death a month earlier. Armed Forces Newsmap - Volume 1, Number 35, 4/6/1953 (Reverse) This post comes from Carol Marquardsen, an eIntern with the National Archives via the Virtual Student Federal Service. -- source link