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...bitter weeks of the Korean retreat, the officers and men of Paik's outfit learned much. They learned about patrols, flank security and taking cover. American advisers had tried to drill these things into them for months but, until forced to apply them in combat, many Koreans had not taken them very seriously. Paik always did. He drove his men, one officer said, "harder than the enemy...
...advisers on duty in the field marveled at Paik and his division: "It just isn't the same army as it was two weeks ago. They've learned the hard way-but they learned fast...
...first days of the war, the premature destruction of a Han River bridge ended all of Colonel Paik's hopes for an orderly withdrawal. At the head of his division, Paik marched southward to cut his way through encircling Communists. He does not recall exactly what time they retreated. "I'm a combat man," he reiterated, "I was too busy to notice...
From former Home Affairs Minister Paik Sung Wook, a pious Buddhist who until last week ran South Korea's police force, came word of an omen which he felt blessed the republic's cause. The omen: the year 1950 in the Korean calendar is 4283. Reversed, 4283 reads 3824. In Korean 3824 is pronounced "Sampal isa" which also means "No more 38th...
Southeast from Paektu runs the Chang-paik (Ever White) Range. Winding down along the east coast to the southern tip of the peninsula, this mountain backbone according to Korean folklore, changes direction 99 times...