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...week wore on, enemy resistance stiffened. Some Communist artillery was spotted 20 miles north of Seoul. Communist and allied guns dueled across the lower reaches of the Han. In Chunchon, a U.S. patrol was fired on, for the first time in six days. U.S. infantrymen ran up against stubborn Reds dug into hillside positions north of Chunchon, failed to blast them out in a bitter five-hour fight...
...Korea last week, the weather was warm, the sky was blue, the fields were sprouting fresh green. During the lull in the fighting, G.I. laundry hung on the barrels of tank guns; some soldiers went swimming in the Han. In spite of their high spirits and their confidence in themselves and their commander, the troops were homesick. Despite his optimism, the Eighth Army's Commander Van Fleet could not promise them a decisive victory that would send them home soon-not until someone persuaded Washington, as he had persuaded the Greeks, to seize the initiative, to take the offensive...
...onslaught on Seoul. The U.N. forces broke contact and retreated rapidly, forcing the Chinese to advance over a no man's land that was kept under merciless allied artillery fire. After Munsan and Uijongbu had been abandoned to the Reds, the Reds reached the Han, between Seoul and the sea, and started a drive (the southern prong of a three-pronged attack) on the capital. Allied guns fired on them from the city's streets, and warships standing off the Han's mouth, including the cruiser Toledo, added their salvos...
...south bank of the Han seemed the logical place to make a stand, abandoning the capital to the enemy. But General Van Fleet, who had taken over command of the Eighth Army only two weeks before, announced his bold decision to defend Seoul. Said he last week: "[We] welcome the opportunity to destroy the Communist army north of the Han." At night, as the Reds massed for their assault on Seoul, allied night-flying planes spotted no fewer than 3,000 enemy trucks driving south with their lights on, smashed...
China's Red press described the liquidation of one "batch," numbering several hundred. Tien Feng had wrecked locomotive boilers in Peking's railroad shop. Li Chih-hsiang had ruined wind gauges, wind pumps and water pumps. Tung Hua-chang had inspired workers to slow down. Chin Han-kui had fabricated 90 false rumors against the government. On their way to execution, the victims were paraded slowly through Peking's streets to the scenes of their crimes, where death was meted...