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Both MacArthur and the President's friend Omar Bradley, who unfolds a map of Korea every morning at 9130 and points for the President to ground won or lost (red pins for North Korea, blue pins for U.N. forces), had been able to give Harry Truman an assurance: the U.S. beachhead in Korea was now considered safe, and it was only a question of time before the Reds would be back where they belonged. By October, the U.S. offensive might be well under...
...most alarming event of the week was the North Koreans' rapid mop-up of the whole southwestern corner of the peninsula and most of the south coast. The U.S. left flank had been dangling somewhere near Chonju (see map); there were not enough men to extend the Allied line to the west coast, and furthermore, the U.S. left had to be pulled back as Korea's defenders retired to the build-up zone around Pusan. But the North Koreans sped the withdrawal to a dangerous pace. They simply poured around the open flank. At some points they were...
...most difficult operations known, and one of the hardest on morale. Yet, U.S. forces, notably unaccustomed to such tactics, had handled themselves superbly. In a month of bitter fighting, they had gradually slowed up the North Korean offensive in the center of the peninsula (see map...
...Walker made his business short and to the point. On a long, flat stretch of road (used at the moment as an improvised landing strip for liaison planes), he went over the situation with one of his division commanders. Then he started visiting colonels and majors. Sometimes, gesturing at map positions with a stubby forefinger, he made crisp suggestions for trimming lines or improving positions. Sometimes he silently absorbed information, left without a word...
...dial and reads off his directions from it. By keeping the needle centered, he can follow the "track," as pilots call it, directly to the omni station. Or he can tune in another omni and find his direction from it too. The two tracks, drawn on a map, give at their crossing the position of the airplane...