Word: naktong
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...forces to save the remnants of a unit whose steadfast refusal to yield a razorback ridge near Soehon played a major part in stalling the Reds' southern drive. The ridge was a key position controlling the broad valley of the Nam River down to its junction with the Naktong...
...People on the Beach. At this moment, the admiral back on his carrier got an urgent message: the enemy was exert ing strong pressure all along the Naktong front (see above) and all available aircraft were needed. Ed Ewen, who used to be considered a very good Annapolis end, especially famed for his end-around plays, now pulled an end-around play that would have brought Navy fans to their feet had they been there to watch...
...next day, Ed Ewen's carriers, operating almost in sight of the enemy coast, were again filled with roaring propellers and shrieking jets. At 5:45 a.m. I went to the little ready room. Our Skyraider took off from the Showboat and flew fast and low for the Naktong line west of Masan...
That night when the six-man patrol waded across the Naktong River, Correspondents Emery and Churchill were with it. Only for Emery was it an entirely new experience; Churchill was a World War II commando officer and renowned for his flamboyant courage under fire. All went well for two hours, while they prowled around in the Communist lines. Then, as they started back, the Reds opened fire and three mortar shells exploded among them. Both Emery and Churchill were hit by shrapnel; the G.I. between them was so badly wounded that he was abandoned. The patrol waded and crawled back...
...Morgan Beatty, who alternates reading the minds of the Politburo with such "colorful" items as Hollywood's reporting an increased G.I. demand for pinup girls; and Mutual's Frank Edwards, who claims to have tipped his listeners in advance to the B-29 bombing on the Naktong front and usually sounds willing to punch anyone who disagrees with...