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...North Korea HIGH WATER, RISING TENSIONS North Korea marked its 61st anniversary Sept. 9 by vowing to "mercilessly annihilate the U.S. imperialists" in response to any aggression, just days after Pyongyang announced its continued pursuit of a uranium-enrichment program. The hermit state also opened a dam on the Imjin River without warning on Sept. 6, sending 40 million tons of water across the border into South Korea, where six people were swept away. Seoul has demanded an apology, calling the North's excuses for releasing the water "not acceptable...
...bomb, the Korean War and McCarthyism affect different Stevicks in different ways. Father Lyle, bookish owner of a secondhand furniture store, builds a bomb shelter in his backyard. Mother Hannah worries that this means they will never move from the sliding neighborhood, and Son Warren, wounded at Imjin, returns home to join the nuclear-disarmament movement...
Death in the Reeds. Instead of retreating to their own lines, the North Korean quartet pushed on south, passing safely through the 2,000 yards of the demilitarized zone, crossing the Imjin River, and entering a grassy bottomland bordered by reeds the height of a man. Here they were spotted by a farm boy, who raced to notify South Korean military police. Joined by a detail of U.S. troops, the police challenged the invaders, who opened fire, killing Corporal George Larion, 24, of Davison, Mich., and a South Korean policeman...
...sergeant, second Japanese-American (first in Korea) to win the nation's highest award, could only gulp. Then, when the correspondents pressed him for details, he told his story. In April 1951, he and his squad were holding a position near the Imjin River. That night, the Chinese attacked. Miyamura and his men gave ground reluctantly, used up nearly all their ammunition. With only four of his twelve men left, Miyamura collected the remaining ammunition, ordered the others to fall back while he covered their retreat. By the time they had reached safety, Sergeant Miyamura was surrounded...
Shared Battles. Since then, Commonwealth troops have shared most of the U.N. triumphs and setbacks, and the long sitdown that followed. When Britons at home think of the Korean fighting (as they rarely do), they are most likely to remember the heroic stand of the Gloucesters on the Imjin, when one battalion was almost annihilated. On less spectacular occasions, Commonwealth troops have plugged holes in a crumbling U.N. line. When things go badly they are calm, solid, effective...