Word: parallelism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ever recognized the 38th parallel as a permanent political frontier...
Stop Short? In Washington a State Department spokesman neatly summarized the U.S. position. Said he: "The whole [Korean] operation would be a bust if we stopped at the 38th parallel. If we stop short we might as well have stayed out to begin with...
...broad language of the original U.N. resolutions on the Korean question gave MacArthur all the authority he needed, left the decision up to him. In the U.N., eight nations jointly proposed a British-written resolution which would by implication authorize MacArthur's troops to cross the 38th parallel...
MacArthur promptly issued a proclamation calling on the North Korean armies to surrender. The same day, the general took steps to hasten the North Korean decision. The 3rd R.O.K. Division, one of six poised along the line, crossed the 38th parallel...
Even while R.O.K. forces drove deep into North Korea, the argument over the 38th parallel continued. The ever-present compromisers suggested that the invasion should be made by South Korean troops alone. It was a suggestion sure to please the Russians who had always maintained that the war was simply a dispute between Koreans. At week's end no U.S. ground forces had crossed the parallel...