Word: grounding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Misbombed. Many of the U.S. airmen at this strip last week were war-trained pilots who had been grounded by the Truman Administration's economy decision last year (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). These men were sent to Korea to act as ground crews, but when Korean pilots turned out to be short on training to fly the FSI Mustang, Tokyo gave many of the grounded Americans their wings back. When the order was read last week, the pilots said "When do we start...
...Mustangs operating out of Korean bases have already been of tremendous help to embattled U.S. and South Korean ground forces. One day last week, a Korean police post called to report a detail of Red soldiers, 20 trucks and 10 horse carts were parked in front of their station in Chongyang. A short time later, Captain William Hook and his wingman reported the total destruction of the trucks, horse carts and most of Chongyang with firebombs and rockets. Sometimes the Air Force makes mistakes. From one hard-pressed South Korean unit, U.S. officers at headquarters of the Korean army...
Last week U.S. and South Korean ground forces had their first tangible evidence of the growing effect of air 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...
...bombings were going to get worse. More airstrips in Korea would enable U.S. jets and Mustangs to give better support for ground troops; Red field positions and supply lines would be chewed up with deadlier regularity. The effects of Rosy O'Donnell's strategic strikes with the B-29s would take longer to hit the Communists at the front, but when they were felt, they would hurt...
Trygve Lie last week called upon 50 U.N. members to send troops to Korea. Cabled Lie: "The unified command is in urgent need of additional assistance , . . particularly ground forces."* When a reporter asked "whether nations should confine themselves to token forces," Lie answered bluntly: "No, I think they should give effective assistance...