Word: 38th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Contradictions. He testified one day that a truce in Korea at the 38th parallel would be "tantamount to ... defeat" for the U.S., yet said next day that if such a truce were offered, he would jump at it. He was emphatic in saying that the U.S. should be careful to work "under the aegis of the United Nations," yet he also said, "if they don't go along with us, I say we go alone." He took issue with the judgment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the whole broad strategy of the Korean war, yet advised...
They are the real warmongers-they who refuse to end the Korean war-they who advocate "wait and see" while American blood-not dust as they would have it-settles in growing pools around the 38th parallel...
...extreme western flank, the Eighth Army was still hanging back below the 38th parallel: General Van Fleet seemed unwilling to give up his useful water anchor on the Imjin (which flows into the Han estuary); a forward move in that area would widen his front painfully...
...plans" for crossing the 38th parallel...
...truce at the 38th parallel would be a "defeat for us psychologically." It would mean that "our first team was unable to defeat successfully the third team of the Soviet...