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Word: tankless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Antitank Crew ..." The U.S. coaches failed to foresee the devastating psychological effect of enemy armor on the tankless South Koreans. In the crucial battle for Uijongbu (see map), 40 Communist tanks came down the valley road in close-packed single file. If this column had been destroyed, the Red offensive might have been crippled at the start. A sorrowing U.S. military adviser commented later: "If one antitank crew had been able to pick off the lead and rear tanks, the 38 others would have been sitting ducks" (i.e., immobilized by wrecks at both ends of the column). Nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF KOREA: Little Man & Friends | 7/10/1950 | See Source »

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