Word: chonju
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...most alarming event of the week was the North Koreans' rapid mop-up of the whole southwestern corner of the peninsula and most of the south coast. The U.S. left flank had been dangling somewhere near Chonju (see map); there were not enough men to extend the Allied line to the west coast, and furthermore, the U.S. left had to be pulled back as Korea's defenders retired to the build-up zone around Pusan. But the North Koreans sped the withdrawal to a dangerous pace. They simply poured around the open flank. At some points they were...