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...held out to them, at least implicitly, the promise of protection from the Reds. Yet the U.S., itself in a desperate military plight in Korea, could scarcely do more to help the refugees. No one knew what was to become of them if & when the U.N. line once more shrank to the narrow Pusan perimeter-or the U.N. forces were forced out of Korea altogether. Said Eighth Army Commander Matthew B. Ridgway, of the refugees' plight: "Perhaps the greatest tragedy to which Asia has ever been subjected in the course of its long history . . . Everything else is dwarfed...
...thousand Chinese dead lay in the snow next day. In spite of incessant air strafing, and a rain of shells from U.S. artillery and from cruisers and destroyers offshore, the enemy maintained his pressure. As U.N. troops were evacuated, the perimeter shrank. Star shells and flares illuminated the scene at night-which was the U.S. way of countering the enemy's preference for night fighting...
...with a bang; 30 minutes later it did, and the bang shook most of Hungnam. That night Hungnam rocked to still more violent and ever-increasing explosions around the U.S. perimeter. Great orange masses of flame swirled brilliantly up into the skies and then subsided again. The perimeter shrank slowly but steadily. The evacuation went on like an orderly, well-rehearsed fire drill...
...Peking palace and he stood, by able and accurate proxy, at Lake Success defying and denouncing the United Nations. His armies were giving the most powerful nation on earth the worst beating in its military history. The proud and ancient chancelleries of Europe quavered at his name and shrank from his power. Washington was paralyzed by the blow he had delivered and by the prospect of world revolution and disintegration that lay ahead...
...bloody battles, the U.S. beat back a massive enemy thrust at Taegu and shrank or wiped out the Red bridgeheads across the Naktong River. On the east coast, the South Koreans lost Pohang, regained it after U.S. reinforcements sped to help them...