Word: flanking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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General MacArthur announced that a line from below Chinnampo to the Koksan area had been established (see map), but it was unlikely that such a line could be held, because of its open right flank...
Fare: $700. The U.S. 24th Infantry and 1st Cavalry Divisions were now stationed on the perilous right flank, replacing the fearfully mauled U.S. 2nd Division. Caught on the shoulder of the great Communist breakthrough, the 2nd would have to be reconstituted before it could fight again. It had lost a third of its combat strength in killed, wounded and missing; its 9th Regiment, first and hardest hit in the Red onslaught, was almost completely destroyed. The division's 237 officer casualties included five doctors and two chaplains...
Several members of the Mountaineering Club will ski and practice ice climbing during the vacation, operating from their base cabin on the flank of Mt. Washington. The H.M.C. cabin is reached by driving to Pinkham Notch, halfway between North Conway and Gorham, N. H. and then climbing with skins two and a quarter miles up Hoot Spur...
...Chinese hordes poured around the Eighth Army's open right flank, the 24th, 2nd and 25th Divisions fell back to the Chongchon and began crossing at Sinanju (see map), where a valuable airfield was lost, Anju and Kunu farther upriver. It was obvious that General Walker would have to keep his whole Eighth Army moving south if it was not to be trapped or rolled up from the flank...
...bulk of his men and his strongest preparations for defense. General MacArthur would have to get his western offensive rolling again quickly to make good on the bold words of his opening-day communiqué. MacArthur ordered the marines at Changjin reservoir to strike west toward the flank of the rampaging Chinese. The marines moved three miles west, then stalled against stubborn resistance...