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...troops [in Korea] are bound to the roads because their vehicles cannot negotiate the terrain off the roads. Even the movement of our foot soldiers is restricted . .. because supplies must be brought to them by vehicles. Thus, the enemy is able to advance in other areas, infiltrating and outflanking . . . With a proper complement of mounted units, cavalry, pack artillery and pack trains, because of their great cross-country mobility, the enemy infiltration and flank attacks could have been checked or prevented...
Said Bradley: "That was the purpose of this ... to call his attention to the fact that from here it looked like they were exposed." MacArthur had replied that he could not do otherwise; besides, the terrain was such that the enemy could not take advantage of the X Corps' position...
Like a Rock. The Chinese launched their heaviest blow at the Inje sector (see map), in difficult mountainous terrain where the front was held by ROK units. Hitting the ROKs has become a standard Chinese tactic, and was not unexpected by the allied command; but General Van Fleet did not have enough troops to back up the South Koreans in the west-central sector. He had done the next best thing: he posted a dependable, battle-seasoned U.S. division-the 2nd Infantry-on the South Koreans' left, and he had armored reserves ready to rush forward in case...
Commanded by Lieut. Colonel Jaime Polania Puyo, a veteran of 22 years in the Colombian army, the battalion has been training for four months in mountain country around Bogotá to get ready for Korea's rugged terrain. The troops are equipped with U.S. Army uniforms and materiel (paid for with Colombian cash), and have been checked out on North American infantry weapons by twelve Spanish-speaking U.S. Army noncoms...
...Florida orange grove took over his new command at a few hours' notice; but he quickly sized up the Eighth Army and its strategic and tactical situation. Last week, while conferring with a regimental commander on the battlefront, Van Fleet pointed with his big forefinger to a terrain feature on the map. "Is your second battalion still in this position?" he asked the colonel. The officer looked astonished at the Army commander's detailed knowledge, then grinned. "Yes, sir," he said, "it still...