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Switching Signals. On the western flank of the U.N. army driving into North Korea, the cavalrymen advanced over the 38th parallel along the highway to Kum-chon, a railway center 80 miles southeast of Pyongyang. They ran smack into what they then decided were the strongest defense positions in North Korea. On heights overlooking bends in the highway the Communists had built concealed concrete pillboxes and log revetments-some with walls eight feet thick...
...Wonsan. Along the east coast road, where harvest-golden paddy fields came down to the sand dunes off the Sea of Japan, the South Korean 3rd Division this week reached Wonsan, where they encountered their first stiff resistance after a march of 100 miles in seven days from the 38th parallel...
...night intruder mission, saw vehicles rolling down from the Manchurian border. They moved in widely spaced clusters, strung over 100 miles of road. Clearly, with supplies from the Chinese and Russian comrades over the border, the enemy was feverishly building up a defense 80 miles north of the 38th parallel...
...soon became clear that no compromise was possible. With Rhee's agreement, both the U.S. and U.N. urged that North Korea take part in a nationwide general election. North Korea's Communist leaders refused. Fearing the results of a free election, they turned the 38th parallel into an impassable frontier, thereby economically crippling both halves of Korea...
With the United Nations' offensive rolling on across the 38th parallel, Canadian defense planners found themselves with an embarrassing question on their hands: What should be done with Canada's 10,000-man Korean Brigade? Chances were that the half-trained unit could not get overseas in time to help with the Korean fighting. But most Canadians agreed that the brigade should be kept under arms as part of a permanent U.N. police force...