Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 to October 1991, being the first African-American elected to the post.
Before becoming a judge he had a successful career as lawyer, with a high success rate before the Supreme Court, and known for his victory in the case Brown v. Board of Education. In 1967, he was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to the Supreme Court of the United States.
One major difference between the Korean War and the Vietnam War was the style of fighting: “The Korean War was characterized by short bursts of fighting whereas Vietnam tended to be long and drawn out."
