Editing Royal Thai Armed Forces (section)

====Korean War (1950–1953)====
{{main|Thailand in the Korean War}}
[[File:태국 (7445445508).jpg|thumb|Thailand soldiers arriving at Busan]]
During the United Nations-mandated conflict in the [[Korean peninsula]], Thailand provided the reinforced 1st Battalion of the [[21st Infantry Regiment (Thailand)|21st Infantry Regiment]], Some 65,000{{clarify|reason=Conflicts with data on Korean War article|date=December 2021}} Thais served in Korea during the war. Thai foot soldiers took part in the 1953 [[Battle of Pork Chop Hill]]. During the war the battalion was attached at various times to [[187th Infantry Regiment (United States)|U.S. 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team]] and the [[29th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|British 29th Infantry Brigade]]. The kingdom also provided four naval vessels, the HTMS ''Bangprakong'', ''Bangpako'', ''Tachin'', and ''Prasae'', and an air transport unit to the UN command structure. The Thai contingent was actively engaged and suffered heavy casualties, including 139 dead and more than 300 wounded.{{clarify|reason=Conflicts with data on Korean War article|date=December 2021}} They remained in South Korea after the cease fire, returning to Thailand in 1955.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070716130959/http://korea50.army.mil/history/factsheets/allied.shtml Factsheet]. korea50.army.mil</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Rottman  |first=Gordon |date=2002 |title=Korean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Naval, and Air Forces, 1950–1953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NpOp2OO1-DAC&q=21st+Regiment+korean+war+thailand |publisher=Praeger |pages=120–121 |isbn=978-0275978358}}</ref><ref>
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