U.S. Southern Command Enlisted Person of the Quarter (EPOQ) Practice Test

The overall commander of United Nations forces in Korea was General Douglas MacArthur. He held the top Unified Command—the Commander of the United Nations Command—through the crucial early and middle years of the war, directing all UN and allied efforts, including the famous Inchon landing and subsequent push into North Korea. His leadership provided the unified strategic direction for multinational troops under UN authority. He remained in that role until his relief by President Truman in 1951, after which General Matthew Ridgway took over for the remainder of the conflict. The other generals listed did not hold the top UN-wide command in Korea: Eisenhower did not command UN forces there (his leadership came later in Europe during WWII and as U.S. President); Omar Bradley commanded U.S. forces in Korea under MacArthur; Norman Schwarzkopf was not a commander in the Korean War period.