Word: rhees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Syngman Rhee...
From the north, northwest and northeast, the Chinese converged on Seoul. The U.S. 24th Division, holding the center road leading to the city, slowed up the enemy by counterattacking with 20 Pershing tanks, and briefly recaptured Uijongbu. But this was only a delaying action; Seoul was doomed. President Syngman Rhee and his cabinet fled to Pusan. Allied evacuation of the capital was carried out efficiently and without undue haste (see below). "After all," said a U.S. officer bitterly, "we've had a lot of practice...
With Syngman Rhee, the duly elected President of South Korea, facing a Russian-run North Korea, with the triumphant Chinese Reds pouring south over China from Shanghai, with criticisms of his policies mounting in the U.S., Acheson turned on his attackers...
...commander, became MacArthur's overall ground commander in Korea. After a brief stop in Tokyo, Paratrooper Ridgway last week arrived in Korea to take over his command. Said he to his staff: "You will have my utmost. I expect yours." Said he to South Korea's Syngman Rhee: "I aim to stay...
...indignant public statement they charged that many of the victims had no trials and had been shot without the consent of President Syngman Rhee or other civil officials. The clergymen appealed to the U.N. Commission in Korea to prevent any more "kangaroo court" executions...