Dwight D. Eisenhower ran on the campaign of active Cold War containment, pledging “I shall go to Korea” to secure “an early and honorable” peace. Challenges: In 1957, the Soviet Sputnik—the world’s ...

A photograph from the former airfield of General Dwight D Eisenhower meeting the men, their faces covered in camouflage cream on the eve of battle, is one of the most famous images of the invasion.