Word: commanding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...only good railroad and the best highway from North Korea to the Pusan perimeter. If the U.N. force could put its thumb on this windpipe of the North Korean forces, the Reds would soon run out of ammunition and other supplies. The Inchon invasion faced the North Korean command with a perilous choice: either pull divisions out of the Pusan perimeter in an effort to hold Seoul, or stay in the south and continue to fight Walker while Red supplies dwindled away...
Briefing. At Sasebo, we waited 2½ hours for MacArthur's command ship; typhoon seas had delayed it. As soon as it docked we put to sea. Next day MacArthur invited the correspondents to the cabin of the task force commander, Rear Admiral James Doyle. The general seemed somewhat worn by the buffeting the ship was taking from the rough waters. In a low voice he explained the strategy behind the coming operation...
...later the command ship's radio sent off the old fighter's message: "The Navy and Marines have never shone more brightly than this morning. MacArthur...
...Admiral Struble's barge, heading for the command ship, MacArthur stood up for one more look at the busy scene of war: LCVPs bringing troops ashore, jeeps and trucks moving along the coastal road. Turning to his fellow commanders, he said, "Well done." Then he sat down, took off his gloves and stretched his legs...
...timidity of Japanese statesmen who wanted peace is explained, in part at least, by the army's ferocity in assassinating its enemies in the government, as well as by its success in dissolving any cabinet that opposed its views. Even after the fall of Okinawa, the supreme command was determined to fight on, ignoring frantic Japanese diplomatic moves to negotiate a peace through Russia's good offices...