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...Pentagon had a calendar. The minds of top U.S. military men revolved around two hypothetical dates: ¶ X, when Russia would have enough atomic bombs to cripple the U.S. and thus be ready to attack...
...anyone's guess, but X might well be some time in 1952, Y some time in 1954. X, therefore, was the moment of peril. But by the terms of their own calendar, the military men could not hope to be ready before...
...X Corps (one Marine, two Army and two R.O.K. divisions), which had been evacuated from Hungnam to Pusan and Pohang, was made a part of the Eighth Army. Thus, Lieut. General Matthew B. Ridgway, the Eighth Army's new commander, became MacArthur's overall ground commander in Korea. After a brief stop in Tokyo, Paratrooper Ridgway last week arrived in Korea to take over his command. Said he to his staff: "You will have my utmost. I expect yours." Said he to South Korea's Syngman Rhee: "I aim to stay...
Whether through lack of mobility, of equipment, of tactical judgment, or a combination of these and other factors, they muffed several excellent chances to ruin the X Corps operation. They suffered casualties at least five times as heavy as those of the U.S. forces-perhaps even heavier-but after the defense perimeter around Hungnam had been erected, the Chinese seemed unable to utilize their greatest asset: manpower...
...that Aerojet would now climb faster than ever. Said he: "We go into this emergency with more than 1,600 highly skilled personnel. We went into the last emergency with only five. As for our growth from here-well, five is to 1,600 as 1,600 is to X. You figure...