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This country has over-hasty in its Korean policy since MacArthur crossed the thirty-eighth parallel before receiving U.N. authorization. A final push to the Yalu River, which would have put American troops right on the border, was an ill-advised move at a time when Chinese Communists were on their way to the U.N. They would have been faced with a fait accompli had they held back their troops, and their bargaining position would have been badly weakened. Therefore they launched an offensive, which so far shows little sign of slowing down...
...Major General John Church, MacArthur said that he was recommending the 24th for a presidential citation, and added: "I have already promised wives and mothers that the boys of the 24th Division will be back by Christmas. Don't make me a liar. Get to the Yalu and I will relieve...
Skipping lunch, MacArthur boarded the SCAP for an air reconnaissance along the border. The SCAP took MacArthur over the Communist stronghold at Sinuiju, the Suiho power site, and the whole length of the lower Yalu to Hyesanjin, where the 7th Division had reached the river. At Hyesanjin, the SCAP swooped down and waggled its wings in salute. Then it headed southeast for Tokyo...
...Corps' front, which covered all the rest of the looping Allied line to the east coast, the enemy showed no such fight. The marines, probing carefully north along both sides of the Changjin reservoir, took the town of Udam on a western arm of the lake. On the Yalu, the 7th Division, moving west, extended its river frontage to ten miles. On the east coast, South Koreans seized the important but ruined port of Chongjin, pushed on north...
These gains were encouraging, but the western sector seemed to be the crucial arena. It was there, in front of the Yalu power sites, that the enemy had the bulk of his men and his strongest preparations for defense. General MacArthur would have to get his western offensive rolling again quickly to make good on the bold words of his opening-day communiqué. MacArthur ordered the marines at Changjin reservoir to strike west toward the flank of the rampaging Chinese. The marines moved three miles west, then stalled against stubborn resistance...