Word: taejon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...South Koreans had no tanks, no combat aircraft. Since they also lacked effective antitank guns, the appearance of the enemy's squat, death-dealing T-34s spread terror. Seoul fell without any semblance of a real battle. Syngman Rhee's government fled to Taejon-the first of its three forced moves during three months...
...third week of war in Korea. U.S. troops were still falling back. Their defense position was breached; on the south bank of the Kum River they were threatened with envelopment from the flanks. It was obvious that they would have to pull out of the salient around Taejon and continue to fight a long delaying action. How far would they have to retreat before they were strong enough to make a comeback against the North Koreans...
...first two: from Seoul to Taejon, from Taejon to Taegu...
...Church replaced Major General William F. Dean, reported missing in action during the battle for Taejon...
...night in Taejon, Jack Percival, a peppery, tough Australian reporter, bedded down among his fellow reporters on the floor of an old house. Shortly after, he dashed out into the living room. "There's a woman in there," he gasped. "There was one fellow kept rolling over in his sleep next to me. I gave him a good push and I found out it wasn...