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The Cold War Heats Up
1950-1975
When the Korean War erupted in June 1950, more than 170,000 Naval Reserve Sailors mobilized over the next three years. Many served on front line warships and in tactical aviation squadrons operating off the coast of Korea. Reserve Hospital Corpsmen served in field hospitals and with Marine Corps infantry units. In the decades following the Korean War, Naval Reserve forces were mobilized as needed to help blunt the spread of Communism. In 1961, the Berlin Crisis caused 40 Naval Reserve Force ships and three reserve squadrons to activate. In 1967, two Reserve Seabee battalions deployed to South Vietnam while Naval Reserve transport squadrons flew thousands of air logistics missions to and from the area. |