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_ Pfc, Milton Plummer of Elkhart, IIL, (left) watches as Sgt. Hilton Mitchell, Oneonta Island, N. Y., cleans his rifle on the southern bank of the Kum River. The two men were part of the U. S. forces forced to retreat from the north bank of the river before advancing

Red North Korean invaders. led encircling movements.

Yanks Now Realize Mistake Red Radio Claims

Of Underrating Red Soldier "=" down WIT In Korea Means 12 Tons Of Gear For Every Yank

By ROBERT C. MILLER, United Press Staff Correspondent fe The Pysngyaug radio said toWITH U. 8. FORCES IN KOREA, July 15—The Americans ay that North Korean air force, begin their third week of the Korean war today with their first and anti-aircraft units shot down which Weeks ago today, So far we've been losing it. The talk here is that As far as they go, they find there's considerable room for im- raided Wonsan on the east coast it will take six months or more and $6 billion to $8 billion to win. United States to Korea. Japan, month. of North Korea, 175 miles north

clear picture of the enemy, as well as themselves. two American bombers

provement, Our greatest handicap so far has been an inadequate intelligence. We were caught by sur-— rere prise. We had no idea of the against American strong points

of Seoul, on July 14.

army. It took actual combat experience to enlighten us. followed by crack North Korean Our greatest mistake was in| troops well outfitted in American underestimating North Korean 8reen fatigues and excellently strength. It was presumed that equipped—often with the latest a mere “show of strength” would Russian and Czech weapons. be sufficient to send the Com-| munists scurrying home, {through or flanking movement. armor. Today we know the North] The = American Koreans to be an expertly led strategy has been good. But any and finely disciplined army. They idea that the Communists are goare excellent fighters. Their ing to be stopped by artillery and courage at time reaches fana- air power alone has been proved ticism. {false so far. They have huge quantities of! The Americans have had the manpower and use it in typical skies to themselves but ‘the Russian fashion regardless of the enemy's strength has not detericost. {orated despite day and night Shock troops of :well armed! aerial attacks. infantrymen are weapon, These people, oftenlare throwing everything dressed as civilians are thrown have in an attempt to finish

break through or infiltrate.

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A battle-scarred tank of the Communist North Korean army is parked alongside a railroad track after it was captured by American troops from the Red invaders. Similar armored equipment consistently has spearheaded Communist drives into American lines and

The Saturday midnight broadstrength of the North Korean to absorb our punishment and ¢ast, heard by monitors in Tokyo,

gave the text of a North Korean Tanks oi f 80s : : - 3 - The shock p communique which claimed that hock troops usually are American and South Korean general staffs in Taejon were fleeing

off before reinforcements arrive. Much of: their equipment is suThey try to exploit the break- perior to ours, particularly their superior numbers withdrawing have forced us to retreat slowly. But the Communist advance —The flying time of jet-pro- combat. There is a great differ-| increasingly costly. . The race now is between rein- Pelled F-80 fighter planes over... and fighting a war, par-

If the North Koreans manage stretched from 15 or 20 minutes/and better-armed foe.

speedily to an hour through the ingenuity and keep on going it will be a

But every foot we give up must be regained. And the terrain, Force Chief of Staff, made this that time the Red invaders had! their main, We know the North Koreans which is excellent for defensive they warfare, will be against us when! us'we begin our counter-offensive. |

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Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army chief of staff (left) at a special briefing yesterday predicted U.S. forces “eventually” will drive Red invaders from South Korea. Gen. Collins and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg (right), returned yesterday from Gen. MacArthur's headquarters in Tokyo. .

Acme Telephoto Pfc. Haruo Miymaura of Hawaii sleeps in South Korea as Pvt. Edward Fisher, of Ada, Okla., keeps watch on a bridge span. ning the Kum River, breached main line of U. S. defense, while awaiting orders to demolish the bridge in an effort fo halt ad. vancing North Korean Communist invaders.

: : : flow of replacements, supplies, trip from San Francisco to Korea. combat means not just a few Green Troops First American Handicap, and arms to the front. When you send a man to the| score of ships but hundreds. Since Reds’ Forces Were Battlewise The bulk of such reinforce- ront, you have » send up to 1 But there's more to war than Ww : - , ments and supplies must be moved tons of equipmen m. 10/transport. ‘Modern combat is a ASHINGTON, July 15 (UP)-.The Korean war started three via a bridge of ships extending keep him there you must move buds, i consumer of materiel 7000 miles from continental another ton of supplies every guns, tanks, planes, and the my|riad items of the quartermaster’s To ship just one division and catalogue. Judging by the way

But why have we been doing so poorly? Why haven't we been though close, is not an pouring in the men ana machines and arms that by now would have haustible military depot. its equipment overseas may take/the North Koreans are fighting, sent the Korean Communists fleeing back to the 38th parallel? But it takes 3's weeks under as many as 25 vessels of 10,000 this so-called police action could In case you have been asking the best of conditions for a troop tons each. eat up mountains of supplies in yourself such questions, here are transport to make the T000-mile To keep any sizable force in a matter of weeks. Some answers: TT TT We didn't know the war was coming. We weren't fully prepared for war. True; Gen. Doug-| {las MacArthur had 123.000 troops {in Japan. And Japan at the nearjest point is only 120 miles from | Korea, { But his forces were an occu-|

Fly a Full Hour;

Formerly 20 Minutes |pation army—not an army geared | WASHINGTON, July 15 (UP) for quick deployment in all-out

inex-

STRAUSS SAYS:

SUMMER STORE HOURS — SATURDAY, 9:30 TILL OTHER DAYS, 9:30 TILL §

Hike Flying Time

ence between policing a defeated |

Korean target areas has been ticularly against a wel-trained |

Moreover, the Korean war had| been on for six days before we! of a young Air Force officer. |got_a single U. 8. infantryman Gen, Hoyt 8. Vandenberg, Airionto the embattled peninsula. By!

_|captured the South Korean cap-| (disclosure today to reporters aft lital of Seoul and were on their,

er his return from the Far East. way to what would have been! Reports from the war frontian easy victory if we hadn't inter-|

Ihave criticized the “shooting|Vened. || Star” jets’ operations as combat! At first Gen. MacArthur could {§ planes because of the short time SOT" hy one pong TN 1 i " they could fiy over targets and; at was no simple operation. It

i still have enough gas to return] to Japanese bases. Gen. Vanden-| takes time to transport troops

jover even short distances. b “ | oni mas devised Tues tank 13/have to get their equipment tofeet long to go on each end of Seles, They jave 10 have arms. | nd even when e first adthe wings. The extra fuel, he vance units did get to the front,

rate trom a. tow Shady. “pir EY were able at best to fight approximately an hour.” jonly a delaying action, Many|

G Vandenb id ¢ | were green. Some had never even| xen, andennerg. ss Jets| cone through maneuvers in which equipped with the extra tanks live ammunition was used. i have .been in operation for about And their tanks, bazookas, and one week, : other anti-tank arms turned out The Air Force Chief did- not to be inadequate to the jobs identify the lieutenant but said, They had nothing capable of| 1 had the honor of hanging a oyt-slugging or even slowing for! Legion of Merit on him. {long the ‘Communists’ Russian = tanks which all military experts {agree are the world's best,

TWISTER RIPS NEBRASKA

OAKLAND, Neb., July 15 (UP) Now we've got other forces on A. tornado ripped through athe way to Korea. The First farming area near here tonight, Marine Division has left the West | flattening homes and barns on at Coast. But there will have to be least four farms, injuring two per- more. And until the war is won sons and damaging crops. there will have to be a constant

Ban on 2 Korea Reporters Lifted by Gen. MacArthur |

~ (Editorial, Page 24) — | sell Brines, AP Tokyo bureau > a cen chief. . TOKYO, July 16 (UP)—Gen.| ne general said simply that Douglas MacArthur today lifted he was lifting the ban on the

. | confidence in their judgment and lations officers which had for | because they and their bureau bidden Peter Kalischer of thei piers were friends of his. United Press and Tom Lambert (The bureau chiefs agreed not

of the Associated Press to re-|, oi. Gen, MacArthur directly!

turn to the Korean front, { 3 in reporting the conference.) ; said he ‘was Gen: MacArthur TH general said he did not

allowing the two war reporters to go > to cover the Korean | have time to discuss cases, But fighting because he had confi- he mentioned that there is an dence in their judgment and be-| important responsibility on re-| cause they were old friends of his. | porters in the matter of psychoThe general lifted the ban in a logical warfare. He said only conference, with the newsmen at! they could make judgment as to

his headquarters office. what is proper material to be re-

Earlier, Col. M. P. Echols, press| Ported from the front. relations officer at headquarters, | Abhors Censorship had informed Mr. Kalischer and, Col. Echels, in clamping on the | Mr. Lambert they would not be| ban, said he did not like the dis- | permitted to go back to the front patches Mr. Kalischer wrote because their stories on the war| about the series of military re- | had “made the Army look bad” | verses the United States has suf- | and “gave aid and comfort to the fered in Korea. Col. Echols said ' enemy.” He did not question the|the facts reported in Mr. Kalis-| | factual accuracy of their stories.|cher’s dispatches were correct but Gen. MacArthur's action he did not like the way they were 4 | squashing the ban occurred after! written. : ; | United Press world headquarters, Gen. MacArthur said, after | in New York asked the general to/shaking hands with the corre- | look into the matter. __ |spondents at the conference, that i Confidence in Judgment the idea of censorship is abhor- | Gen. MacArthur made no effort rent to him. He said a distorted ‘to pass judgment on merits of |viewiof the front could always be any cases in his 15-minute con-{obtained from small military po-

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