Eighth United States Army
Army · United States · from June 10, 1944
US field army that commanded UN ground forces in Korea, under Walton Walker until his death in December 1950 and then Matthew Ridgway, who stopped the Chinese advance and pushed back to the 38th parallel.
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Sub-units 2
- Division 24th Infantry Division (United States)
- Division 1st Commonwealth Division
Attached units 4
- December 31, 1950 – January 7, 1951 IX Corps (United States) Under this formation at Third Battle of Seoul (Wikipedia infobox)
- December 31, 1950 – January 7, 1951 III Corps (South Korea) Under this formation at Third Battle of Seoul (Wikipedia infobox)
- July 13, 1953 – July 27, 1953 IX Corps (United States) Under this formation at Battle of Kumsong (Wikipedia infobox)
- July 13, 1953 – July 27, 1953 II Corps (South Korea) Under this formation at Battle of Kumsong (Wikipedia infobox)
People who served 2
Movements
- 1609 – 1924 American Indian Wars
- June 18, 1812 – February 17, 1815 War of 1812
- April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 Mexican-American War
- March 1857 – July 1858 Utah War
- April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865 American Civil War
- February 20–21, 1862 Battle of Valverde
- 1898 – 1934 Banana Wars
- April 21 – August 13, 1898 Spanish-American War
- July 3–17, 1898 Siege of Santiago
- February 4, 1899 – July 2, 1902 Philippine-American War
- 1910 – 1919 Mexican Border War
- July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
- January 28, 1915 – October 30, 1918 Sinai and Palestine campaign
- February 19, 1915 – January 9, 1916 Gallipoli campaign
- February 7, 1917 Pancho Villa Expedition
- November 7, 1917 – June 16, 1923 Russian Civil War
- August 1918 – July 1920 Siberian intervention
- September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II
- December 7, 1941 – September 2, 1945 Pacific War
- December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
- December 14, 1941 – September 13, 1945 Burma campaign
- January 23, 1942 – August 1945 New Guinea campaign
- May 5 – November 6, 1942 Battle of Madagascar
- August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943 Guadalcanal campaign
- December 15, 1942 – January 23, 1943 Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse
- June 20 – October 7, 1943 New Georgia campaign
- April 22 – June 6, 1944 Battle of Hollandia
- May 27 – August 17, 1944 Battle of Biak
- October 17 – December 31, 1944 Battle of Leyte
- October 20, 1944 – August 15, 1945 Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
- January 9 – August 15, 1945 Battle of Luzon
- March 10 – August 15, 1945 Battle of Mindanao
- June 25–26, 1950 Battle of Uijeongbu (1950)
- June 25–30, 1950 Operation Pokpung
- July 1950 Battle of Andong
- July 6, 1950 Battle of Pyongtaek
- July 7–8, 1950 Battle of Chonan
- July 13, 1950 Takes command of US ground forces in Korea at Taegu Map
- July 14–21, 1950 Battle of Taejon
- August 4, 1950 – September 16, 1950 Battle of the Pusan Perimeter Holds the Pusan Perimeter Map
- August 5 – September 19, 1950 Battle of Masan
- August 5–20, 1950 Battle of P'ohang-dong
- August 5–19, 1950 First Battle of Naktong Bulge
- August 15 – September 19, 1950 Battle of Battle Mountain
- August 27 – September 12, 1950 Battle of Kyongju
- August 31 – September 19, 1950 Battle of Haman
- August 31 – September 19, 1950 Battle of Nam River
- September 1–15, 1950 Great Naktong Offensive
- October 17–19, 1950 Battle of Pyongyang (1950)
- October 19, 1950 Captures Pyongyang Map
- October 21–22, 1950 Battle of Yongyu
- October 25–29, 1950 Battle of Onjong
- November 25, 1950 – December 2, 1950 Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River Ch'ongch'on River: struck by Chinese armies and retreats Map
- November 27–29, 1950 Battle of Wawon
- November 27 – December 13, 1950 Battle of Chosin Reservoir
- December 31, 1950 – January 20, 1951 First and second battles of Wonju
- December 31, 1950 – January 7, 1951 Third Battle of Seoul
- January 4, 1951 Abandons Seoul Map
- March 14, 1951 Retakes Seoul under Ridgway Map
- April 22 – June 10, 1951 Chinese spring offensive
- April 22–25, 1951 Battle of the Imjin River
- April 22–25, 1951 Battle of Kapyong
- June 15, 1951 – July 27, 1953 Holds the Kansas Line near the 38th parallel Map
- August 18 – September 5, 1951 Battle of Bloody Ridge
- September 13 – October 15, 1951 Battle of Heartbreak Ridge
- October 8, 1951 First Battle of Maryang-san
- October 14 – November 25, 1952 Battle of Triangle Hill
- March 1953 – July 1953 Battle of Pork Chop Hill
- May 28–29, 1953 Third Battle of the Hook
- July 13–27, 1953 Battle of Kumsong
- July 27, 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement Armistice signed at Panmunjom Map
- November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975 Vietnam War
- January 8–26, 1967 Operation Cedar Falls
- January 30 – September 23, 1968 Tet Offensive
- 1979 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand
- December 20, 1989 – January 31, 1990 United States invasion of Panama
- August 2, 1990 – January 17, 1991 Operation Desert Shield
- February 24–28, 1991 Liberation of Kuwait campaign
- March 2, 1991 Battle of Rumaila
- September 11, 2001 War on terror
- October 7, 2001 – December 28, 2014 Operation Enduring Freedom
- March 20 – May 1, 2003 2003 invasion of Iraq
- March 20, 2003 – December 18, 2011 Iraq War
- October 1–3, 2004 Battle of Samarra (2004)
- June 15, 2014 – April 16, 2026 Operation Inherent Resolve
- January 1, 2015 – August 30, 2021 War in Afghanistan (2015–2021)