Word: 38th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Topics of the discussion will include the crossing of the 38th parallel, the rebuilding of Korea and the possibilities for a unified government for all Korea...
...northeastern corner of South Korea, with whatever troops could be regrouped in that area. If they did fight there, MacArthur could choose between a wheeling operation anchored on Seoul to press them back, or cut behind them in an attack eastward from the Seoul enclave, along the 38th parallel, toward the Japan Sea. If he chose the latter, and if it succeeded, the rest of the fighting for South Korea-barring, as always, outside interference-would...
Beyond the 38th...
...University's Far Eastern scholars unanimously favored extension of the U.N. military campaign beyond the 38th parallel. Reischauer put the issue plainly. "The only conceivable military tactic," he said, "is to push on... in fact, if we stopped, few Asiatics would understand...
Fairbank and Schwartz, while while they were in fundamental agreement, emphasized the need for caution in crossing the 38th parallel. A blunt march over the line could fire Russian feeling beyond the kindling point, they suggested. Hence the campaign in what is now Northern Korea should be waged only after such a project has received the blessing...