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Mar 31, 1951 #KoreanWar NYT As advances were made by late afternoon along this front and a patrol pushed closer to the former border between North and South Korea, it became likely that a crossing soon was possible. Never since the beginning of this war has there been a greater number of nationalities in the allied front lines. In the United Nations representation, units from Belgium, France, the Republic of Korea, Britain, the Philippines, Turkey, Thailand and Canada now face the enemy.
https://www.nytimes.com/1951/03/31/archives/gis-on-the-alert-along-parallel-38-where-do-we-go-from-here-is.html

G.I.'S ON THE ALERT ALONG PARALLEL 38; 'Where Do We Go From Here,' Is Comment Among Troops Pressing Chinese Reds

The New York Times

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Son of Sandor 5d ago

Mar 26, 1951 #KoreanWar TIME The fourth fall of Seoul was a sad business, something like the capture of a tomb. Only 200,000 of Seoul’s original 1,500,000 population were still there. Seoul residents said that in late February and early March the Communists ordered all men aged 15 to 40 and women 16 to 25 to go north.
https://time.com/archive/6608263/war-fourth-capture-of-seoul/

War: Fourth Capture of Seoul

The fourth fall of Seoul was a sad business, something like the capture of a tomb. Only 200,000 of Seoul's original 1,500,000 population were still there. The broken city brooded over its own...

Time

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Son of Sandor 6d ago

Mar 25, 1951 #KoreanWar NYT General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and official Washington were feuding again today. Source of the trouble this time was General MacArthur's truce offer yesterday to the Chinese Communists. Washington's complaint: it wasn't consulted on the statement and wouldn't have approved the statement if it had been.
https://www.nytimes.com/1951/03/25/archives/washington-and-macarthur-clash-anew-on-truce-offer-officials-say.html

Washington and MacArthur Clash Anew on Truce Offer; Officials Say They Did Not Know of His Plan and Would Not Have Approved It-- State and Defense Aides Confer M'ARTHUR IN CLASH WITH WASHINGTON Broad Implications Seen Russians Imply Intervention

Washington officials complain they were not consulted on MacArthur statement; say they would not have approved it; State and Defense Depts conf; see Acheson conf with Truman; State Dept issues 'clarifying' statement; comment

The New York Times

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Son of Sandor Mar 18

Mar 17, 1951 #KoreanWar NYT The Marine Corps swore in a "Shamrock Platoon" yesterday morning in honor of Saint Patrick's Day. The sixty new marines left 346 Broadway for Parris Island, SC, where they will begin today the wearing of the green, marine style, in boot camp.

Pfc Francis H Killeen (whose parents came from Ireland) played his bagpipes during the ceremony. Private Killeen said he has been playing the bagpipes for nine years and had played them in combat in Korea. He was wounded twice, was treated in St Albans Hospital, Queens, and is ready for active service again.
https://www.nytimes.com/1951/03/17/archives/marines-swear-in-a-shamrock-unit-kaplowitz-becomes-an-irish-name-an.html

MARINES SWEAR IN A 'SHAMROCK' UNIT; Kaplowitz Becomes an Irish Name and Boot Camp an Isle of Emerald Loveliness

The New York Times

John

Mar 17

My dad would have been 96 tomorrow.

18/03/1930 - 02/06/2011

I still think about him most days.

So many things I should have asked him over the years & never did or could due to his dementia. 😕

At least he never lived to see the #TrumpRegime with all its idiocy, hatred & corruption.

He was attached to #US units at times during the #KoreanWar & made many American friends.

A gentle, kind, loving father.

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Son of Sandor Mar 14

Mar 13, 1951 #KoreanWar NYT Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway declared to- day that if the war in Korea were to end with the United Nations troops at the 38th Parallel he would consider that result "a tremendous victory." However, the commander of the United Nations ground forces in Korea added quickly that, so far as he knew, there was no move under way to end hostilities at that latitude.
https://www.nytimes.com/1951/03/13/archives/ridgway-sees-un-victorious-if-war-ends-at-parallel-but-allied.html

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Son of Sandor Mar 10

Mar 10, 1951 #KoreanWar NYT The Chinese Communists pulled back yesterday on the central Korean front in what appeared to be a general withdrawal before the United Nations offensive. The United Nations forces made gains of up to four miles as they pressed a pincer attack on Hongchon, twenty miles south of the Thirty-eighth Parallel.
https://www.nytimes.com/1951/03/10/archives/u-n-forces-gain-four-miles-as-reds-pull-back-in-center-general.html