The 3rd Platoon was written by an Infantry Platoon Leader who was among the first American soldiers to see combat during the Korean conflict. War was never declared and the action taken was by United Nation Forces. The hostilities were considered to be only a police action in a effort to stop the spread of Communism. This conflict may not have been an all out war but it is declared as one of the bloodiest conflicts of modern times. Soldiers of several nations were involved fighting under the authority of the United Nations. Most weapons of modern times were employed and millions of people were killed, wounded or missing. Other millions of people were displaced. United Nation Forces consisted primarily of soldiers from South Korea, England, Canada, Australia, Turkey and the United States. There were scattered support from other nations but the United states furnished a majority of the troops and cost of this conflict. Enemy forces consisted of; North Korea, China and a sprinkling of Russian airmen