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At the Manchurian border,
Korea, Nov. 21 W Tired Am
erican infantrymen flogged In
to the ghost city of Hyesanjin on
the Red Manchurian border of
North Korea today and occupied
it without firing a ihot.
They patted one another on
the back. Some (hook handi. But
there was no shouting.
Maj. Gen. David Barr, com
mander of the U. S. Seventh in
fantry division whose 17th com
bat team came here, comment
ted: "I'm thankful that we got
here with a minimum cost in
lives and equipment."
It was the first American
unit to reach the border.
Col. Herbert B. Powell, com
manader of the 17th regiment,
said:
"We will sweep through the
town and then go back into good
hill positions and then see what
happens."
Powell added: "What will
happen after that is out of my
. hands. That's somebody else-s
4 policy."
He said a military govern
ment would arrive later in the
'day to organize a democratic
government. "They'll elect a
mayor in a few days," he added.
The colonel was not surpris
ed that no resistance was met.
He said he saw no signs of the
enemy; "There were no out
posts and no delaying detach
ments." First GIs to enter the city
were Master Sgts. M. S. Os
borne of Yakima, Wash., and Ed
ward Perdins of Los Angeles.
Asborne said, "So that's the
Yalu."
"It's damned good to be here.
What do we do now" The Cal
ifornia aoldier asked.
The troops had kicked off at
8 a.m. They reached the top of
a snow covered ridge and look
ed out over the valley. In the
distance some two miles away
was the town they had been
fighting to reach for the last
three weeks.
The temperature was about 20
above zero, warm for the GIs
who have been fighting in tem
perature as low as 20 below.
The column began moving.
Out in front were the riflemen.
They were followed by Sherman
tanks and ack-ack sections. More
troops trailed behind.
The column wound slowly
down the long narrow road that
snakes into the little river town.
It neared a bluff Just on the out-
k skirts of the city.
Some of the foot soldiers left
the road to scour a clump of
scrawny trees. There was noth
ing in them and the column
which had slowed up a little be
gan to move on.
The little mud huts along the
road were boarded up. There
was no sign of life anywhere.
Cattle stood unattended in froz
en fields.
Planes roared overhead. They
swooped low over the city. They
did not draw antiaircraft fire.
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As they moved near the city,
the GIf wondered: Is this anoth
er Red trap?
On the left side of the road
atood about IS villagers, the first
seen since the march down the
winding hillside began. All
were dressed in black.
The villagers raised their
hands and bowed low. The
weary doughboys neither smiled
nor nodded.
Suddenly the tension evapor
ated. The men were Inside the
city. They wandered among the
boarded-up houses. Some Just
Bat down and relaxed. Two or
three headed for the river.
The river was narrow and
the water swift. Ice extended
almost a fourth of the way
aross.
One GI was disappointed.
Be said:
"Well, I'll be damned. So
this Is the Yalu. Well how
do you like that?"
The city itself bore the signs
of war. American planes had
bombed it within the last few
days. Much of the city was in
smouldering ruins. Some build
ings were intact.
The Seventh division landed
at Iwon on the east coast Octo
ber 29. Its 17th regiment was
assigned to reach the Manchur
ian border as fast as possible.
Yanks Spit In to Yalu
GIs Wash Boots in Border River
By WILLIAM CHAPMAN
Hyesanjin, On the Korean-Manchurian Border, Nov. 21 U.R
Four American generals spat today into the Yalu river, frontier
between Korea and communist Manchuria.
Jubilant Gis washed the mud of Korea from their boots In the
river water.
The 17th regiment of the Sev
enth division had just captured
this abandoned, bombed-out city
without opposition. Its fall cli
maxed an American drive across
the ice-crusted top of Korea in
temperatures as low as 28 de
grees below zero.
The Yanks swarmed to the
south bank of the Yalu oppo
site Manchuria wildly bran
dishing their M-l rifles and
carbines. They were the first
Americans to reach the bor
der. The four generals arrived at
the river bank 45 minutes after
the leading tank armored col
umn entered Hyesanjin.
They were Maj. Gen. Edward
M. Almond, commander of the
U.S. 10th corps; Maj. Gen.
David G. Barr, commander of
the Seventh division; Brig. Gen.
Henry Hodes, assistant division
Salem Navy Man Back
From Korean Theater
A Salem navy man now back
in the States is Seaman Melvin
J. Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Hudson of 2265 Center
street.
Young Hudson, who at present
is in San Diego, was in Korea
from June until late October
aboard the USS DeHaven. A
former Salem high school stu
dent, he has been in the navy
for two and a half years.
Prior to being sent to Korea
Hudson was on sea duty out of
San Diego.
Huge Battleship to
Be Recommissioned
Bayonne, N. J., Nov. 21 (
The battle-scarred battleship
New Jersey, famed flagship of
Admiral William F. "Bull" Hal
sey's Third fleet during World
War II, will shed her moth balls.
In colorful ceremonies at the
U. S. naval supply depot here
the 45,000-ton dreadnaught will
be recommissioned and end I
two-year hitch as part of the At
lantic fleet's mothballed power.
Capt. David M. Tyree of
Washington, D. C, a 48-year-old
veteran of 29 years of naval
service, will take command of
the giant Iowa class wagon-
one of the largest in the world.
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7th Division Reach Goal U. S. 7th division troops held the
limelight as they pushed to the Manchurian border town of
Hyesanjin (1). Elsewhere along the 250-mile battlefront, Reds
brought up fresh reinforcements (tank symbols) at key points.
North of Kilchu (2), retreating communists swung around to
attack South Koreans' left flank. In northeast, UN forces ran
Into Red defense line (soldier symbol) guarding Sunhi power
dam (3). On Anju-Tokchon axis (4), allied patrols were meet
ing tome resistance. Tank-paced U. S. 2nd division troop)
moved against Red guerrillas In area (5), northeast of Pyong
yang. (Acme Telephoto)
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commander, and Brig. Gen.
Homer W. Kiefer. commander of
the division's artillery.
Said Almond:
"The feat of the 17th regiment
in reaching the Yalu only 20
days after disembarking in force
at Iwon beach will live forever
in the annals of military history."
Not a shot was fired at the
American column as it wound its
way over the last three miles
down the face of the Yalu bluffs
into Hyesanjin.
The Americans saw no signs
of the enemy, who offered his
last resistance at Kapsan, 21
miles to the south two days ago.
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My jeep was the fourth ve
hicle in the tank column as we
jumped off on the attack at 8
a.m. today. Three tanks and
three platoons of infantry pre
ceded me down the bluffs and
spread out over the plain on the
approaches to Hyesanjin.
Our artillery leap-frogged
ahead of us beautifully. Seek
ing to scare out any Reds who
might be lying in ambush, it
mushroomed out in black smoke
patches on white snow across
the plain. The shells fell about
200 yards ahead of the lead
tanks.
But there was no enemy. The
plain ahead was devoid of hu
man beings.
Only a few swallows rose
screaming in protest against the
artillery screen.
Homeward Bound North Korean refugees, clad in light
clothing, brave the rigors of the winter weather and lack
of transportation to return to their homes after United Nations
forces overran the area near the Chongchon river. (Acme
Telephoto)
Peace Is a Long Way Off
In Korea Because of Bands
By PHIL NEWSOM
(United Preu Staff Correspondent)
Peace, as we in the United States know it, is a long way off in
Korea.
Possiblv it won't be reached in the lifetime of anyone old
enough to read this dispatch. At any rate, it own't be until long
after the last American marine and doughfoot have departed. The
reason lies in the nature of the
country itself and its people.
The Philippines offer a good
comparison.
The United States took over
the Philippines after the Span
ish-American war of 1898. The
Americans first, and now the
independent Philippines govern
ment, have been trying to bring
stabilized peace and economy
to the islands ever since.
Yet today, more than 50 years
later, what do we have?
GIs Get Back
To Own Lines
By Rebel Maps
Somewhere in Korea, Nov. 2
(U.R) Two U. S. 1st cavalry divi
sion soldiers who spent three
nights behind enemy lines were
directed back to safety by friend
ly North Koreans who plotted a
course for them on a commu
nist military map, Stars and
Stripes correspondent Corp. Lar
ry Kane reported today.
The soldiers are Pfc. Robert
L. Chamberlain of Stockton,
Calif., and Pfc. Henry T. Blonski
of Chicago, who told Kane how
they were fed and sheltered and
then sent on a route that would
take them away from Chinese
communist troops.
Chamberlain and Blonski, sent
out to contact an 8th cavalry
regiment forward obesrver, lost
their way and came upon the
North Koreans who fed them
chicken, rice, chestnuts and eggs
and then hid them in a storage
room.
On the second day the two ran
into a patrol of their own bat
talion which sent them north
again instead of south.
That night the North Koreans
repeated their welcome.
And on the fourth day the
soldiers made their way back to
the 24th division lines north east
of Pakchon and were returned to
the 1st cavalry.
Panay island are about 1000
more.
So long as they exist, the
Philippines can know no peace.
Communist led Huks the
people's liberation army" -at-1
tack within a dozen miles of
Manila, the capital, terrorizing
villages and towns and then fad
ing into swamps and mountain
jungles before government troops
can catch up with them.
A Philippines army battalion
of 1100 men stands guard in
Manila just to protect it against'
these guerrilla fighters. Eleven
other battalions and a field ar
tillery battalion of 500 men fight
them In the field.
Roaming Luzon island are an
estimated 8000 armed and ac
tive Huks, frequently aided by
sympathetic residents of villages
and towns. On neighboring
Exactly the same situation a!
exists in Korea hence the
dismal outlook for a peace as we
know it.
Fired by communism and well-
armed and led, as many as 40,
000 communist guerrillas strike
savagely in Korea in groups
ranging from a few to as many
as 1000 men. Their leader
said to be Gen. Kim Chaik, who
commanded the North Korean
Red forces that nearly drove the
Americans into the sea at Pusan.
Korean home minister Chough
Pyonk-ok has said he feared an
attempt to retake Seoul, the Ko
rean capital.
Guerrilla warfare is not new
to Korea. Even in the days of
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ly near the border with Siberia,
Japanese commanders scarcely
dared leave their headquarters
without a strong guard.
One phase of the problem is
the murderous Korean terrain
which makes it easy for the guer
rillas to operate, and the second
is the limited communications
which make it difficult to ex
change ideas and thus achieve
understanding.
Chough outlined one side of
the problem when he said:
"You Anglo-Saxons had 900
years to learn democracy from
the time of the Magna Carta to
now. The Korean people lived
more than 4000 years under
kings' rule, 40 more years un
der a military autocracy, and
then they were freed.
"Do you expect us to learn
democracy overnight?''
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 195013
United Press Man Arrested by
Nepali Troops Praises Them
Editors Note: United Press manager for India John Hla
vacek has arrived at the Nepali capital of Khatamandu after
being captured Thursday by Nepali state forces. Hlavaeek
was captured with a British correspondent when he entered
Nepal to report on fighting near BirganJ between government
and Invading Nepali congress forces fighting to depose
Nepal's hereditary feudal Prime Minister, The Maharajah
Chandra Rana. Hlavaeek was the first American newspaper
reporter to reach the Nepali capital. His dispatch from there
follows.
By JOHN HLAVACEK
(United Free Correspondent)
Khatamandu. Nepal. Nov. 19 (Delayed) (U.R) I arrived at thli
capital last night after being captured by Nepali army troops nine
miles inside Nepal territory Thursday morning while trying to
find the front line.
At the Indian border town of Raxaul Wednesday thera had
been reports for several days ol
successes by congress lorces
which at one time were reported
north of Amlekhganj, 25 miles
inside Nepal.
However, there was no con
firmation of the reports which
emanated from congress sources
and there was no news from the
government side.
Thursday morning Rawle
Knox of the London Observer
and I borrowed bicycles in Rax
aul and decided to ride north
until we found the front to de
termine just where the Nepal
government forces were.
We crossed a small bridge be
tween India and Nepal guarded
by a single Indian army sentry.
We rode into Birganj, the Nepal
border town then in the hands
of the invading Congress forces.
We stopped briefly to see 75
Congress recruits lined up at the
recruiting center and then cycled
north along the narrow gauge
railway toward Amlekhganj,
At Pawnipur, eight miles
north of the border, we saw the
first sign of Congress forces, a
group of 12 guarding a bridge
just north of the town. The group
was armed with rifles except for
the leader who carried a Sten
gun. These soldiers told us that
state forces that morning had
approached the bridge but had
retreated when Congress troops
fired two shots.
They said also that the Nepali
forces had a camp two miles
from the bridge. We decided to
ride on. We came to an abrupt
halt when we rode into a com- the fighting.
pany of Nepali troops.
We got off the cycles and rais
ed our hands and looked into a
mass of rifles. An officer ap
proached and searched us. He
took away our cameras, money
and passports. The Nepal sol
diers were well armed, uniform
ed and disciplined and extreme
ly polite.
They refused our request that
we accompany them in what ap
peared would be an attack on the
bridge. They sent us In trucks
with our cycles to battalion head
quarters three miles to the rear.
Here we were questioned and
sent by trucks to area head
quarters at Bhlmphedi, where we
were met by the area chief of
staff who apologized for our detention.
The chief of staff said also that
we were being sent to Khata
mandu and started us on our way
that night with all our belong
ings except the cameras.
All along the route officials
were at a loss to explain tho
Indian government's apparently
unfriendly attitude in allowing
Congress forces to use Indian
soil in operations against Nepal.
One high ranking army oficer
said all Nepal border posts were
lightly guarded because Nepal
had friendly relations with India.
He said he felt India should
not have let the Congress troop
crossinto Nepal. Khatamandu ia
peaceful and quiet and accord
ing to foreign visitor! thera haa
been no trouble here throughout
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