Word: convoys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...jeeps, trucks, and yellow school buses filled with helmeted soldiers moved slowly up the street, the crowd booed, showered the convoy with firecrackers, bricks and stones, called out, "You lousy finks," "Why the hell aren't you in Korea?" Out of the cars tumbled frightened-looking young Guardsmen, summoned that day from their jobs in grocery stores and gas stations. Each Guardsman had his bayonet fixed. The crowd inched backwards. Some in the front row of the mob were nicked by bayonets, and several Guardsmen were felled by bricks and by ball bearings fired from slingshots. Around the corner...
...last the eyes & ears of the Western world could examine Kaesong. Fourth in a convoy of 16 vehicles was a six-by-six truck carrying 20 allied correspondents and photographers...
Third Day. As the correspondents started out next morning for the conference, Ridgway wished them luck. At the Communist check point north of the Imjin River, armed Red guards told the convoy commander that it could not pass. There was a wary and polite argument. The man who pretended to be in charge of the Red roadblock was a nervous young North Korean lieutenant. The man actually in charge was a small, pock-marked Chinese. As the dispute waxed hotter, the Chinese coached the young North Korean more & more openly...
...sent an indignant message to Nam II making it clear that the truce talks had been broken off because of the blockade. "I am prepared to return with my delegation and continue the discussions which were recessed yesterday upon notification from you that my convoy, bearing personnel of my choosing, including such press representation I consider necessary, will be cleared to the conference site...
...armed Communist soldiers.) Outside the conference building (newly designated by the Communists as "United Nations House") they found two North Korean officers and a woman sergeant, pert in an olive jacket and blue skirt, who turned out to be a Miss Paik of Pyongyang. The three told the U.N. convoy commander they were there to provide any services they could...