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...Helicopters . . . brought out 20 of the most seriously wounded" [from the North Korean town of Unsan-TIME, Nov. 13]. I was one of the twenty. From the moment I regained my senses after being wounded (for the second time in Korea) until I read your article, slowly and painstakingly with the one eye I now have left, I prayed for news of my outfit . . . I was one of an advance patrol which advanced past Yong-Sung-Dong to draw the first fire from the Chinese. My thanks to TIME for courageously and truthfully telling our story . . . GEORGE A. HAVEN Tokyo...
...Chinese seemed to be shifting strength eastward. The Allies, who all week long tried vainly to close a gap in their lines east of Unsan, feared a massive attack aimed at splitting their forces farther apart. These fears deepened when the Communists finally came to life with an artillery and mortar barrage. But no enemy attack followed the shelling. This week the Allies at last established a continuous line with the help of the newly landed U.S. 3rd Division...
...Halloween the 8th Regiment of the U.S. ist Cavalry Division was ambushed by Chinese Communist troops near Unsan in North Korea (TIME, Nov. 13). Long after the savage Halloween party had ended, survivors of the ambush continued to filter back to U.S. lines. Last week TIME Correspondent Hugh Moffett helped welcome to safety a party of weary troopers who had spent nearly seven days in Communist territory. His report...
...fell off three times or was pulled off by others trying to get on. Then the tank burst into flames and we all started running." Most of the men who escaped the confused, swirling battle swam the icy Kuryong River, fled to Ipsok, a village nine miles south of Unsan...
Late that afternoon tank radios came on the air from the ambush area, informed Division Headquarters that nearly 800 troopers were still holding out, trapped on a ridge near Unsan. Helicopters flew in to them, brought out 20 of the most seriously wounded. Twice, ist Cavalry Division reinforcements tried to break through to the trapped remnants, but each time the relief columns ran into "stonewall" resistance...