Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...main body of U.S. troops in Korea continued to fall back along the railroad leading to Pusan, from which they hoped eventually to launch a counteroffensive. This kind of delaying retreat in the face of much larger forces is one of the most difficult operations known, and one of the hardest on morale. Yet, U.S. forces, notably unaccustomed to such tactics, had handled themselves superbly. In a month of bitter fighting, they had gradually slowed up the North Korean offensive in the center of the peninsula...
...left flank came to rest safely on the southern coast near Pusan. The operation was endangered last week by a Red drive down Korea's western coast which captured Kwangju and pushed on towards Sunchon. This indicated that the Reds' main drive may not follow the U.S. retreat along the railroad into the very rough, defensible country southeast of Taejon...
...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...
...hour and 15 minutes, as 800 spectators cheered, applauded and booed, the two newsmen boldly stood up for the rights of a free press. They refused to retreat one whit. In the face of the Item's firm stand, plus editorials in other newspapers unanimously rebuking the legislators for their attitude, the committee backed down, voted to forget about prosecution of Editor Fritchey and Publisher Stern. The most disappointed man in the committee room was undoubtedly Senator A. O. Rappelet. Legislative Clown Rappelet had brought along a huge balloon, a ball and four plastic fish, but the chairman never...
...Rome, Philosopher George (The Last Puritan) Santayana, 86, complained that because of Holy Year, the staff at the Catholic retreat where he lives is kept too busy serving the pilgrims. "It may be that sometimes I may be too exacting," he admitted, "but often I am very sure the food is too cold...