Choosing Courage Summary

Choosing courage is about heroes from American history. The second portion of the book is about the Korean war. There were many stories to choose from. Tibor’s story stuck out to me because no matter what obstacle he faced he got up and showed courage, and heroism.
The Korean war officially took place June 25, 1950, through July 27, 1953, on a cease-fire. The ground paving of the Korean war began at the end of World War two. The Korean war is commonly Known as America’s Forgotten war, was part of the long unending cold war between The Soviet Union, and The United States. The Cold War is the battle between democratic countries, and communist nations. The Korean War took three years and ended in a cease-fire ,not a surrender or a defeat to either side. Some people believe that the Korean War has not been completed, and will one day resume. According to the United States President Harry Truman The Korean war was only “Police Action” not actually a war, one reason he could not call it a war was because the president can not declare war, only the United States congress can. Even though not officially a war many United states Military personnel served in the “Police Action”, including Tibor Rubin. Tibor Rubin was born in Hungary in 1929. His story probably would be totally different, and normal if Tibor wasn’t Jewish. Tibor grew up in the Village Paszto where his family was loved by everyone else in the community until Hungary allied with Nazi Germany then suddenly they were outcasts. At thirteen, Tibor’s parents sent him to Budapest, Hungary’s capital at an attempt to let him blend in. Two
Courage could be when sneaking to the storeroom to get food or when he stayed back to fight for his platoon. Tibor is a hero, he stood up for what he believed in and stood up against hatred. Courage is an important feature to have and it is shown explicitly well through Tibor. Show Courage not fear to become an American