Word: convoying
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...34th Regiment scraped together a convoy of 113 vehicles and barreled through the outskirts of the city, but was halted when enemy shells set fire to an ammunition truck at the head of the column. The driver of the next truck drove through a hail of enemy fire, rammed the exploding ammunition truck off the road, and led the rest safely through the lines...
...Cavalry Division's voyage to war began with all the festivity of a luxury liner's departure for a 30-day pleasure cruise of the Mediterranean. When the convoy weighed anchor in Japan, wives & children waved goodbye from the shore and a brass band cheerily blared Anchors' Aweigh. On the fantail of the fleet's flagship, an impromptu clay pigeon shoot was organized...
...recorded a loud "ping" on its sonar, confirmed what Admiral Doyle had suspected: Russian submarines were keeping close tabs on U.S. naval movements. But this sub apparently was interested only in observation. Said an Australian destroyer officer later: "We held her for three minutes, but she cut through the convoy and we lost contact...
During the convoy's return trip several unidentified planes were sighted. The jeeps emptied in a rush as their occupants dived for the cover of roadside woods. MacArthur did not dive. He stepped sedately from the black sedan, walked away a few steps and gazed nonchalantly at the sky until the planes were gone. Then he dusted his leather jacket carefully and returned...
...convoy halted once, a few miles south of the Han, within sight of enemy-held Seoul. MacArthur jabbed toward the city with his corncob pipe. To General Almond he said: "What do you say we push up there, eh Ned?" The party pushed on to a hill barely a mile from the 18th Century walls of Seoul. Clearly visible were towers of smoke from fires set by enemy shelling. Clearly audible was the crump of Communist mortars over the river. Below the hill a railroad bridge still stood intact, capable of supporting tanks and heavy trucks. Field glasses in hand...