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...opened up with fire. Colonel Kim's driver was mortally wounded by the first volley. My jeep was hit all over as we went for the ditch and fired back. My interpreter was killed and several others were hit. Twenty-five minutes later the enemy had overrun our position...
...their ground north of Tokchon, and the town as well. Said a U.S. officer: "We can only assume that the R.O.K. II Corps [6th, 7th and 8th Divisions] disintegrated." The 1st Cavalry Division had to be rushed up to prevent a breakthrough. One company of the 25th Division was overrun ("There's damned little of that company left," the assistant division commander said). An artillery battery of the 2nd Division was overrun. For the moment, at least, MacArthur's big push was stopped in its tracks...
Meanwhile, at Philadelphia, unbeaten Army broke loose in the second half to overrun a powerful Penn team (28-13), stretch its undefeated string to 26 straight, and vindicate those who have been insisting all along that the Cadets are the best team in the land...
...Planting time bombs in an area and then letting U.N. forces overrun...
Press run for the first issue was 37,000 copies, a deliberate overrun. The Freeman hopes the circulation will settle down to 12,000, gradually work up to the break-even point of 35,000. If it takes longer than a year to do so, more cash may be needed. But the editors think the risk of the new magazine worth taking...