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...Spokesmen. But peace, if it comes, will still find the Koreans. Said a U.S. Red Cross man: "I've seen the Korean starve to death. I've seen him freeze to death. I've seen him burned by napalm, mangled by bombs, crippled by bullets. I've seen doctors chop off his leg with only a cigarette to kill the pain, but I haven't heard a word of complaint yet. Accepting misfortunes without complaint or bitterness, he expects others to do the same. It can make him the most cruel creature in the world...
While the fast jets flew top cover, to ward off enemy air interference, the F-80s attacked the Sinuiju ack-ack positions and put most of them out of business. (The Americans could do nothing, however, about flak from across the river.) With bombs, rockets, machine guns and napalm, the "props" (propeller-driven planes) smashed field installations, set barracks afire. Only 15 planes were claimed as destroyed on the ground, but Lieut. General Earle Partridge of the Fifth Air Force said: "I am sure this attack has reduced considerably their immediate capability of striking at U.N. forces from Korean bases...
...soon as the mist cleared, De Lattre sent in his Hellcats and B-26s with bombs and napalm. The Viet Minh soldiers fled, leaving behind 1,200 dead, 3,000 wounded and 400 prisoners. Four days later the French reopened Route Coloniale...
...pillboxes studding Tombstone's flank. The fortifications were foxholes, each roofed over by a three-foot layer of logs, stones and earth. Each man inside had plenty of ammo and a two days' bag of rice. U.S. Marine Corsairs blasted Tombstone with rockets, seared it with napalm. Shell bursts enveloped it. G.I.s crawled up, peppering the enemy's pillboxes with small-arms fire. Those who survived held off the U.N. attack for two days, then slipped away under cover of night...
Warmer Weather. The Americans howled with anger as their rifle bullets fell short of him, then they quickly dropped flat again as a Red sniper peppered away at them. One American rolled over quietly with a wound in his head. Then four Marine Corsairs flew in with napalm and fused bombs. Hill 166 flared and flickered with fire. Still the Communists held...