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The following events occurred in July 1950: ==July 1, 1950 (Saturday)== *Two companies of the U.S. Army First Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division departed from the U.S. base in Japan at Kyushu under the name "Task Force Smith", designated because of its 34-year-old commander, Lt. Col. Charles "Brad" Smith. After leaving at 3:00 am, the task force arrived near Pusan at 11:00 am, becoming the first set of American ground troops to be deployed in the Korean War.〔Maurice Isserman, ''America at War: Korean War'', Updated Edition (Infobase Publishing, 2009) pp 5-10〕 *The 8055th M.A.S.H. became the first Mobile Army Surgical Hospital to be activated in South Korea. On July 6, its physicians, nurses and support staff would be sent from Sasebo to Pusan, initially to be set up at Taejon. It was followed by the 8063rd M.A.S.H. (often referenced in the television show ''M *A *S *H''), which was activated July 17 and sent on July 18 to Pohang to support the U.S. 1st Cavalry, and the 8076th M.A.S.H. (activated July 19, and sent to Taejon on July 25)〔"Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals in the Korean Conflict", ''Military Medicine: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century'', Jack E. McCallum, ed. (ABC-CLIO, 2008) p210; Otto F. Apel M.D. and Pat Apel, ''MASH: An Army Surgeon in Korea'' (University Press of Kentucky, 2001)〕 *Twenty-three American soldiers became the first to die in the Korean War when their C-54 transport plane crashed into a 2000 foot high hill, forty miles northwest of Pusan, upon arrival from Japan.〔"23 YANKS DIE ON KOREA AIRLIFT", ''Pittsburgh Press'', July 1, 1950, p1〕 *Eleven men were killed and 26 injured when a gas leak at the iron works in Consett, England, felled them while they were working at a loading dock.〔"Gas Leak Kills 11, Fells 26 in Plant", ''The Milwaukee Sentinel'', July 2, 1950, p1〕 *ARAADCOM, the ARmy AntiAircraft COMmand, began operations to coordinate U.S. Army defenses against a foreign bomber attack. The unit would be deactivated on January 4, 1975.〔John A. Hamilton, ''Blazing Skies: Air Defense Artillery on Fort Bliss, Texas, 1940-2009'' (Government Printing Office, 2009) p239〕 *The city of Gainesville, Florida renamed all of its main streets using a system of numbers and directions.〔Rob Hicks, ''Images of America: Gainesville'' (Arcadia Publishing, 2008) p50〕 *''Unto These Hills'', which bills itself as "America's most popular outdoor drama", was given its first performance. It continues to be seen on Saturday evenings during the summer at Cherokee, North Carolina.〔Amy H. Sturgis, ''The Trail of Tears and Indian Removal'' (Greenwood Publishing Group) p1〕 *Born: David Duke, American politician and Ku Klux Klan leader, in Tulsa, Oklahoma 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「July 1950」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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