Word: pyongyang
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...black billboard on the western outskirts of Tokyo. It read: "You are now entering Tokyo by courtesy of the 1st Cavalry Division-First in Manila; First in Tokyo-The First Team." As last week began, the dismounted troopers of the 1st Cavalry had every intention of adding "First in Pyongyang" to their battle honors...
Switching Signals. On the western flank of the U.N. army driving into North Korea, the cavalrymen advanced over the 38th parallel along the highway to Kum-chon, a railway center 80 miles southeast of Pyongyang. They ran smack into what they then decided were the strongest defense positions in North Korea. On heights overlooking bends in the highway the Communists had built concealed concrete pillboxes and log revetments-some with walls eight feet thick...
...Toward Pyongyang. On the ground, U.N. divisions regrouped for the imminent push across North Korea. MacArthur blacked out news of the whereabouts of certain U.S. units; everyone guessed that some were being readied for another amphibious flanking assault along the west coast of Korea. Efficient, sharp-spoken Major General Edward M. Almond, as MacArthur's chief of staff, had planned the Inchon landing and then led the X Corps ashore to capture Seoul. It seemed a likely bet that Ed Almond and his seasoned men would figure in the next big action...
...Cavalry Division had crossed the Imjin River, driven back remnants of the enemy's 9th and 18th Divisions, seized Kaesong, last South Korean city held by the Reds. This week the 1st Cavalry pushed across the parallel in force. They were on the main railway and road to Pyongyang...
Towns and villages along the route greeted them with evergreen arches of welcome. Old men puffed long pipes and watched. But young men of military age were noticeably absent. They had been drafted by the Communists for a stand at Wonsan and Pyongyang...