On to the YaluThe story of the Inchon landing during the Korean War, and the last stroke of Douglas MacArthur's career, including information about the decision making process as the American and South Korean troops invaded North Korea and pushed to the Yalu River, dividing North Korea and China. |
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Page 80
... roadblock back at the minefield was cleared away and the tanks began to move up . It was one thirty in the afternoon . The tanks moved up the road to Hill 146. Again they were stopped by the roadblock . A tank with a bulldozer came up ...
... roadblock back at the minefield was cleared away and the tanks began to move up . It was one thirty in the afternoon . The tanks moved up the road to Hill 146. Again they were stopped by the roadblock . A tank with a bulldozer came up ...
Page 149
... roadblock and high ground on Ma Po Boulevard . Company H stood between the two . Lieutenant Colonel Ridge was expecting trouble that night , and so he had sited his heavy weapons to cover every bit of his front . Riflemen manned the ...
... roadblock and high ground on Ma Po Boulevard . Company H stood between the two . Lieutenant Colonel Ridge was expecting trouble that night , and so he had sited his heavy weapons to cover every bit of his front . Riflemen manned the ...
Page 150
... roadblock . One of the T - 34 tanks fired the first shot . It killed a radioman . Then the shooting broke out in earnest as the Americans returned fire . One T - 34 was knocked out immediately . The other took cover around a corner of ...
... roadblock . One of the T - 34 tanks fired the first shot . It killed a radioman . Then the shooting broke out in earnest as the Americans returned fire . One T - 34 was knocked out immediately . The other took cover around a corner of ...
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1st Battalion 1st Marines 38th Infantry 38th parallel 3rd Battalion 3rd Platoon 5th Marines 7th Division afternoon ahead air strikes Almond American ammunition amtracs antitank guns artillery assault attack bazooka began Blue Beach bridge Captain captured casualties Chinese Colonel Puller column Company F crossed defense east Eighth Army enemy troops engineers fighting fire flank Han River high ground highway Hill hundred Joint Chiefs Kalchon killed Kimpo airfield Korean marines Korean People's Army Kumchon Lieutenant Colonel MacArthur machine guns miles military morning of September mortars moved Naktong night of September North Korean People's North Korean soldiers o'clock October officers planes position President Truman prisoners Pyongyang Regiment retreat ridge rifle River road roadblock ROK 1st Division ROK 3rd Division ROK II Corps Sariwon Seoul September 25 Smith Soviet stopped tanks truck U.S. Army United Walker Wolmi-do Wonsan wounded X Corps Yalu Yongdungpo