Chonju is really turning into a nightmare for us. Fierce counterattacks against the ROK army and our own 21st marines are halting any advance into the city. Everything was fine today until night fell, and that’s about when all hell began to break loose. Defensive lines inside the city were pummeled by Communist forces, and throughout the night confusing, blind firefights were occurring at every defensive position we had set up. Right after midnight, our defensive regiments had fragmented and scattered around the city, leaving a rag-tag defense of what we could call a “position” only in terminology, seeing as they had for the most part been abandoned to attend to firefights elsewhere in the city. On the 27th, 3,200 American soldiers were captured by the Chinese army, which I am sure will lead to some political red tape (Evanhoe). Today, the 28th, a full scale retreat from the city was ordered. Over 200,000 Chinese troops have also been discovered fighting alongside the North Koreans, and we have received intelligence that the Chinese are planning to increase that number to almost 400,000. This war is certainly giving us much more than we bargained for. General MacArthur has also withdrawn this published comment that the war would be “Over by Christmas.” I’m sure he’s regretting saying that right about now.
Image Caption: American Soldiers take a break from the fighting. http://gopkorea.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/shatteredsoldier.jpg
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