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...port of Pusan. It seemed vital to hold the Sochon-Taejon-Taegu-Pusan railroad (see map)-double-tracked from Pusan to Taejon, the U.S. field headquarters-not only to feed the U.S. build-up in men and weapons but for lateral mobility behind the defense line. In the western sector, focus of last week's bloodiest fighting, Taejon and the rail line had a fine natural defense in front of them: the Kum River...
...picture was not totally dark. The U.S. forces had seized unqualified command of the air, would hold it unless Russia directly intervened. The South Korean forces, chewed up and demoralized by the enemy's first onslaught, were regrouping behind the U.S. screen. East of the Osan-Chonan sector, where they had only Red infantry to fight against, the South Koreans were beginning to achieve some success. The arrival at week's end of U.S. medium tanks and heavy artillery was an enormous boost for U.S. morale...
...Grieger: "I don't know what happened, but I slugged him." Before he could be arrested, Grieger ran. At the border, he picked his way through a triple-alarm system, was shot at as he swam across the Neisse River to Germany. When he reached the Soviet sector of Berlin, a friendly German helped him into the Western zone-where it was less risky to toast the King...
Last week Newsman Peet picked sides. At a press conference staged by Communist Propagandist Gerhart Eisler in the Soviet sector of Berlin, Peet charged the Western Allies and their press with "distortions" and "warmongering." Then he asked the Communist government of East Germany to let him stay there...
...seven displaced persons now in College share many things in common, and have many differences. They are all from the same general sector of the world--three are Yugoslavian, two are Polish, one is Czechoslovakian, and one Latvian. During the war most of them were old enough to fight the German invasions of their home countries--but in each man, fear of Russia soon grew even greater than hatred of the Nazis...