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...landed in Korea five times in the last 80 years to protect U.S. interests, but only once before did they have to fight. In June, 1871, as a result of Korean attacks on U.S. ships and sailors, a U.S. assault force including 105 marines stormed several forts on the Han River. Marine casualties: one dead, one wounded...
Rushed to Korea after the Reds launched their invasion, Dean led his division in hard-fought delaying actions from the Han River to Taejon...
...first days of the war, the premature destruction of a Han River bridge ended all of Colonel Paik's hopes for an orderly withdrawal. At the head of his division, Paik marched southward to cut his way through encircling Communists. He does not recall exactly what time they retreated. "I'm a combat man," he reiterated, "I was too busy to notice...
...This Is It." The Juneau's executive officer, her skipper, Captain Jesse C. Sowell, and Admiral Higgins worked late that night over their maps. Commander W. B. Porter, the ship's executive, pointed out that north of the 40th parallel the Han-kyung railroad held close to the coast. This was the logical supply line...
...rainfall is welcomed in the wide, southern valleys, which contain three times as much rice paddy land as the North, and where two crops a year of rice, barley, wheat or rye are harvested. Heart of the South is Seoul, which lies among granite hills overlooking the lordly Han River. The Japanese built wide avenues and modern buildings in Seoul's westernized center, but most of the city's side streets are unpaved alleys bordered by drab wooden shops. Even in the city's center men in western business suits brush elbows with ragged coolies...