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China might decide to acknowledge the terrible efficiency of General Matthew Ridgway's "Operation Killer" (see WAR IN ASIA) and consider a ceasefire. But for the moment, there appeared to be nothing to do but continue the strategy of attrition...
...Matt Ridgway kept visiting his advancing troops, warning them not to extend their lines too rapidly. But the sudden rains last week made his warning unnecessary in most sectors. Marines attacking near Hoengsong had to slog through eight to 20 inches...
...western flank still stabilized on the south bank of the Han River, Lieut. General Matthew Ridgway kept U.N. troops attacking in the east and in the center. Last Friday U.S. marines drove the Chinese 66th Corps off the hills commanding the central Korean town of Hoengsong. Next day, the marines trudged northward through the narrow mountain passes toward the Red supply base at Hongchon...
Last week Lieut. General Matthew Ridgway presented Monclar's men with the Distinguished Unit Citation, first such award to a non-American outfit in Korea...
Major General Blackshear M. Bryan Jr., 51, commander of 24th Division: West Point, 1922; well-known as a football coach at West Point in the '203; general staff officer in Washington, 1941; provost marshal general, 1945; chief of staff under Ridgway, Caribbean command...