Word: downed
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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The 7th Division's 17th Regiment, which last month had stood briefly on the Yalu (it was the only U.S. unit to reach that fateful river), had also made its way down from the mountains to Hamhung. Altogether some 60,000 men of X Corps, including two R.O.K. divisions...
No Panic. While the infantrymen in the line drew back slowly before the Chinese assault, the evacuation at the dockside went on apace. There was no panic, no disorder. But the tempo of the operation stepped up sharply. At the docks themselves, U.S., Norwegian and Japanese merchant ships took on...
At another warehouse a steady stream of Korean women threaded their way through huge stacks of flour, rice and millet, emerged with 50 to 100-lb. sacks strapped to their backs or carefully balanced on their heads. There would be some later disappointment. Some of the women had taken their...
The colonel glanced down the peaceful no man's land that separated him from the friendly Koreans and saw them marching in the direction of the railroad bridge. He jumped in a jeep, swung himself behind a 30-caliber machine gun and drove up to stop them. Meanwhile, the...
Up with a Bang. Back down the road to the port of Hungnam, thousands of bewildered refugees watched as the retreating U.N. army destroyed trains, tents, unsalvageable vehicles and more bridges. A young engineer lieutenant pointed pridefully to the underside of a 600-ft. highway bridge; he had packed in...