Evening star., 1950-09-02

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River area of the Korean from
from both objectives-and losing
ground.
The sweat-soaked doughboys
hit back after taking a terrific
pounding for the first II hours.
They advanced behind tanks and
a storm of shells, bombs and
rockets.
Army, Air Force and Navy
teamed to lay down the deadly
barrage.
Tanks and artillery poured fire
into Red lines, while ahead waves
of fighter planes bombed, rocketed
and strafed the North Koreans in
the biggest Allied air assault of
the war. American WarShipS
moved into perilously shallow
waters in the south and hurled
laundering salvos of heavy shells
on specified infantry targets.
Just back of the swaying bat
tie lines. the B-29s struck in
groups of four at the major Red
concentra a ion centerS. They
dropped their 500-pound bombs
with fuses set to explode as soon
as they touched the ground. They
were aiming for the greatest pos
sible blast and augmentation eff
feet on troops.
Fifth Air Force fighter-bomo-
ers dived on Red Army head
quarters at Kumchon where the
North Korean Army commander
in charge of forces on the CEN
trail front had his headquarters.
1t was not known whether he was
still there at the time of the at
tack.
Planes Save Division.
The planes concentrated on a
single building in this n-pointed
attack. Pilots said when they left
there was only one small smoke
stack standing"
Maj. Gen. William B. Kean,
commander of the 25th Division,
said the Air Force saved this di-
vision, as they have many times
before. I am not just talking. I
have made this a matter of rec
ord"
At the opposite end of the front,
Associated Press Correspondent
Tom Lambert reported tanks led
the United States oath Division
in two-pronged advance north
OF Pohang. Both advanced 4
miles. \. .e a-@fs,~-s
The Gath Division, veteran of
the Korean war, was relieved only
last week by the End Division on
the Naktong River line in the
southwest.
One column moved along a
coastal road. The other rumbled
up the road leading to Hunghae.
Both columns suffered some cas-
ualtieS as they rolled through
Red artillery and automatic
weapons fire. And both by-passed
groups of Reds entrenched on
hillsides. Then the Sherman tanks
wheeled and fired on the Reds
from the rear.
South Koreans Advance.
On the PATHS right flank. South
Koreans also drove northward.
BY late yesterday afternoon they
were on three sides of the charred
ruins of the highway town.
The other South Korean action
was in the northwest corner of
the defense perimeter. There
South Koreans renewed an at
tack which Friday carried them
a mile up the highway near
Uihung, Is miles northeast of
| Taegu.
West of Taegu the United States
lst Cavalry Division launched an
attack against three hills in the
WaegWan sector yesterday morn
ing. Later in the day two of these
assaults were halted to concen-
trate American power in taking
the most important height. This
commands fords the Reds have
used to cross the Naktong.
Mr.. Swinton said American Off
GERS were puzzled by Red activity
in constructing new airfields be-
hind their lines in the southwest
Most North Korean planes were
knocked out early in the war, and
few have been seen in the air.
The possibility exists that they
may be expecting more aircraft
from Russia or Communist China, u
Mr.. Swinton said, but this is
nothing more than speculation"