Unlike previous wars, there were no large units with heavy concentrations of North Carolinians that were deployed to Korea. Most North Carolina men and women who served in the military between 1950 and 1953 did so as individually drafted or enlisted members of the regular armed forces. Coming relatively soon after the end of World War II, the Korean War was a far-away, isolated conflict to an American public already weary from four years of war. The Korean War did not enjoy the same general interest or support among the general populace as did the Second World War and eventually became known to many as "The Forgotten War." But, for those who endured its privations and savagery and suffered through its torrid summers and bitter cold winters, names like "Old Baldy", "Pork Chop Hill", Heartbreak Ridge", and "the Chosin Reservoir" would be indelibly burned into their memories for a lifetime. By the time the armistice was signed on June 26, 1953 at Panmunjom, nearly 800 Tar Heels had died in the conflict and thousands more carried the scars of wounds received in the effort. A great many soldiers, sailors, airmen, Coast Guardsmen, and Marines received training at North Carolina bases before deploying to Korea. Fort Bragg, Camp Lejeune, Cherry Point, Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air Station, and Pope and Seymour Johnson Air Forces Bases trained thousands of members of the armed forces for service in Korea and other stations around the world.