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...battle pounded on last week, De Lattre flew into the French outpost of Vinhyen (see map) after it was cut off from Hanoi by the Communists. He wanted to see the battle for Hill 101 himself. He watched two French columns go into a counterattack. Fighting for him, on one flank, there was a detachment of Muongs, hill people from the "Country of the Killing Water," where they hunt pigs with bows & arrows. Now, armed with rifles, they were stalking a Red column. As they edged forward under Communist machine-gun fire, clouds of smoke and dust rose ahead...
...house on the Boulevard Gambetta in Hanoi that night, Commander in Chief de Lattre said: "The spirit of the man who leads the enemy is the kind of spirit which means it to be a great battle." As for his own spirit, De Lattre pointed to a huge situation map: "I will use my air. I will use my artillery. I will use my infantry. Perhaps after having tasted it for another day, the enemy will say 'enough.' I am sure we will...
...matter how long or short the loops on the map are doodled, to will never be the right size for a U.S. fire brigade to put out all the fires the enemy can start on them...
There are two more lines where the U.S. might stand to fight delaying actions, the first above Chonan and Chungju. the second above Taejon (see map). It seemed likely that the Communists would soon make their customary long halt for regrouping and resupply. If they did, the Eighth Army might stop to harass them, make them pay dearly for every mile gained. But if the Chinese continued their powerful assault, the U.N. forces could not attempt a serious holding action anywhere short of the old Pusan perimeter. In Korea and Tokyo last week, there was more & more talk that...
...Marked Map. Back in the control center each report from the team would be marked on a city map, which would swiftly form a pattern of radiological warning. Guided by the marked map the control center would then be ready to issue evacuation orders. If the people in "hot" areas got out quickly (a few blocks might be enough), they might not be seriously damaged. If they stayed too long (or stampeded into a danger area) they would soon be beyond help...