January 25, 1953: Operation SMACK

The media is at it again. This morning, the 31^st marines attacked an enemy stronghold nicknamed “spud hill” in an operation dubbed “SMACK”. We thought that the operation was going to be a cakewalk of a victory, but we were unfortunately proven quite wrong. Despite heavy armor and air support, the 31^st was driven back with heavy casualties. The worst part of it is, this new reporter showed up here to cover the assault, and we’re now being accused of just throwing the 31^st into combat and disregarding all of the lives lost just to put on a show for some brass visiting from back stateside. This is the kind of skewed journalism that can ruin our reputation not only as a military, but as an entire country. This young man has no idea what he could have possibly started with that article, what kind of alliances could crumble from those false reports. God help us all if they do…