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Growth in Battle. Soon, however, it became apparent that the U.S. line on the Kum would not hold. The first three or four Red patrols which tried to cross in broad daylight were wiped out or beaten back, but large numbers of Reds apparently waded the river at night. Some of them disguised in U.S. green fatigue uniforms, attacked U.S. units from the rear. West of Taejon bend, under heavy U.S. fire, the invaders established footholds on the south bank, one at Samgyo, another at nearby Kongju...
...action on North Korean morale. Into the forward post of a South Korean regiment near Koesan walked eight unarmed Reds, their hands raised high over their mustard-colored tunics. They had come to give themselves up. The Communist sergeant said his units now rarely attempted to move anywhere by daylight, reported that Red morale and provisions were running low in some sectors. "The bombing," he said, "is just...
...flats off Brooklyn, and its unhappy passengers wound up (via harbor tug) back in Jersey City. The Colombia got its bow bashed in, and fire broke out in its paint locker. Nobody was seriously hurt, but an investigation was started to find out how such a daylight collision could have come about. One theory: faulty steering apparatus on the freighter Columbia...
Death. The doctor made five trips into the hole to give the trapped man stimulants, and a transfusion of plasma. Warm milk was lowered to him. He sipped at it listlessly. After daylight, his wife knelt at the mouth of the well and dropped religious medals into the excavation; she rose with her face white, her hands fumbling with her rosary. A policeman called, "How are you feeling, Dom?" The well-digger replied quietly, "I am going...
Neither team seemed accustomed to daylight play and the game was enlivened by a total of 19 errors...