Word: bloodiest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...assault on Old Baldy, the heaviest and bloodiest of 1953, came just a few days before the Chinese made a surprise offer to settle the "one question alone" which prevents a Korean truce (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Thus, the Red right hand had struck while the left hand held out an olive branch. This familiar pattern of pugnacity mixed with conciliation undoubtedly had its place in the world strategy of the Kremlin's new management; within the Korean frame of reference, its meaning seemed fairly clear. The military attacks said, in effect: "Don't think, just because...
...battle of White Horse Hill, between stubborn Chinese Reds and equally stubborn South Koreans, was the bloodiest engagement of 1952. After six days of inconclusive seesawing, the gallant ROKs had chewed up several Chinese regiments, and the enemy had lost, in killed & wounded, an estimated 10,000 men. South Korean losses, though not announced, were also high. Major General Kim Chong Oh, commander of the ROK 9th Division, proudly praised his men: "Their stand has been valiant and exemplary...
...consider themselves a "master race," with a mission to rid the world of "inferior" people. "Let all people of good will in all countries of the world know these facts," wrote Aleksandrov. "Let them remember that in the person of the American imperialists and their supporters there are the bloodiest beasts, the worst enemies of humanity...
...Tarawa (November 1943), the naval bombardment was not accurate or heavy enough; preliminary air bombing was poorly executed; amphibious tractors were too few, and unarmored. So the 2nd Marine Division had to wade through 500 yards of Japanese machine-gun fire to the bloodiest beachhead in the Corps' 176-year history. This they did. Morison gives the back of his hand to General Holland Smith, who says of his own troops' victory: "Tarawa was a mistake," claiming that the Marshalls should have been invaded first...
High Commissioner and commander in chief, he has been fighting one of freedom's bloodiest and most crucial battles. He had left the front to come to the U.S. on an urgent mission: to see the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and get more U.S. aid for Indo-China, the rampart against the Communist surge toward Singapore and the Indies...