On to the YaluThe story of the Inchon landing during the Korean War, and the last stroke of Douglas MacArthur's career, including information about the decision making process as the American and South Korean troops invaded North Korea and pushed to the Yalu River, dividing North Korea and China. |
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Page 156
... column stopped . The engineers came up again and removed more mines . The column started . Half a mile further along the road another tank hit a mine . This time they were coming close to the retreating force , and a rear guard of about ...
... column stopped . The engineers came up again and removed more mines . The column started . Half a mile further along the road another tank hit a mine . This time they were coming close to the retreating force , and a rear guard of about ...
Page 167
... column to fill up three tanks . They were still waiting when a party from the I and R platoons came back from the security post up the road to announce that a North Korean tank column was approaching . The three fueled tanks got ready ...
... column to fill up three tanks . They were still waiting when a party from the I and R platoons came back from the security post up the road to announce that a North Korean tank column was approaching . The three fueled tanks got ready ...
Page 168
... column through Chonan then , past scores of North Korean troops who stood along the way in little knots and watched them go . They did not shoot at the Americans and the Americans did not shoot at them . Outside Chonan , the column ...
... column through Chonan then , past scores of North Korean troops who stood along the way in little knots and watched them go . They did not shoot at the Americans and the Americans did not shoot at them . Outside Chonan , the column ...
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1st Battalion 1st Marines 38th Infantry 38th parallel 3rd Battalion 3rd Platoon 5th Marines 7th Division afternoon ahead air strikes Almond American ammunition amtracs antitank guns artillery assault attack bazooka began Blue Beach bridge Captain captured casualties Chinese Colonel Puller column Company F crossed defense east Eighth Army enemy troops engineers fighting fire flank Han River high ground highway Hill hundred Joint Chiefs Kalchon killed Kimpo airfield Korean marines Korean People's Army Kumchon Lieutenant Colonel MacArthur machine guns miles military morning of September mortars moved Naktong night of September North Korean People's North Korean soldiers o'clock October officers planes position President Truman prisoners Pyongyang Regiment retreat ridge rifle River road roadblock ROK 1st Division ROK 3rd Division ROK II Corps Sariwon Seoul September 25 Smith Soviet stopped tanks truck U.S. Army United Walker Wolmi-do Wonsan wounded X Corps Yalu Yongdungpo