After retreating from Seoul to around the 37th Parallel, the UN forces seemed hopelessly vulnerable to China, and the CCF waded across the now-shallow Han River to pursue them further.

They were soon to provide a carpet of corpses over which the UN trod when General Ridgway sent our re-organized infantry smashing northward once again, behind powerful artillery and air support.

Causes of the Korean Tragedy ... Failure of Leadership, Intelligence and Preparation

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