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Why the US have not used them in Korea or Vietnam?
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Korea was before the Eisenhowerian doctrine of "I love nukes,
I want them everywhere", and Vietnam was run by Strange McNamara
who wanted a large conventional army.
And also, using nukes is a significant escalation for
what were side-shows in the Cold War. The US Decision making
process at the time saw Korea as a sideshow, and some
people even viewed Korea as having been started by the
Soviets as a diversion to draw US Forces away from Europe.
This resulted in a policy that no real frontline equipment
was sent to Korea; which is why you saw refurbished WW2
era B-29s doing bomb runs over Korea, instead of post-war
built B-50s. Similarily, the Midway CVBs were never deployed
off Korea; it was war-built Essexes and CVLs that did the
brunt of the Naval Air War over Korea.