Word: ambusher
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...fighting man had moved a long way from the revolutionary rabble of 1775; he had become, in a manner of speaking, the British Redcoat of 1950-confident of superiority and aware of the power of a great nation behind him, but unable to cope with ragged characters firing from ambush...
Behind the Front. General MacArthur's headquarters finally admitted that North Korean guerrillas were becoming a serious nuisance. They seemed to operate under a central command that coordinated their attacks with Communist front-line activity. G.I.s had started calling the Wonsan-Majon road, 50 miles behind the front, "Ambush Alley," and marine planes were diverted from front-line missions to protect supply convoys. The guerrillas burned the town of Kapyong and seized and terrorized Chunchon. Near Seoul they ambushed a trainload of Turkish troops, killing one, wounding two. Syngman Rhee's Minister of Home Affairs averred that...
...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...
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...
...Withdrawing several miles to lure U.N. troops into ambush...