The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-09-22
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SEOUL NOW
HOT PLACE.
Marines Face 10,0O0gRed
Korean Defense Troops
Gains Are Reported
(By the Associated Press,

US. Marines battled with bayo-
nets into the outskirts of South Ko-
rea's capital city. Seoul. today. and
in the southern battle area US.
First Cavalry Division troops
punched out spectacular 20-mile
advance.
The advance from the southern
beachhead area north of Taegu
placed the US. troops within 100
air miles Of Suwon. important road
city south of embattled Seoul which
American Seventh Infantry troops
have entered without opposition.
The American command said the
Reds were In full rout north of
Taegu.
Hand to Hand Combat
The 10th Allied Corps pushed
ahead by inches against 10000 Red
troops in Scouts outskirts, often in
hand to hand combat. US. Marines.
in baybnet and flamethrower
charges. cut wide swath through
suburban Yongdungpo. west of
Seoul. and other Marines sliced the
rail and road lines north of the
capital to ward off Red reinforce
ments.
Fifteen miles to the south. the
Seventh Infantry was taking over
Suwon and threatening to squeeze
the Reds fleeing from the South in
a vast ptnrets <Mose s0u6herA claw
now was moving up swiftly.
Maj Gen. Hobart r. Gay, US.
First Cavalry Division Commander.
said 1t rs great day" north OF
Taegu for his troops. The break
through there was only is miles
from Sangju. key road and rail hub
IS miles from Suwon on the direct
route.
Kigye Recaptured
On the east front. South Korean
troops recaptured Kigye. 10 miles
northwest OF Pohang port, and
plunged ahead another mile and
a half in an attempt to push the
enemy against the Sea Of japan.
The South Korean Third Division
drove II miles north of Pohang to
a point mile from Chongha.
Southwest Of Taegu. the US. Sec
ond Division drove west from one
of its Naktong river bridgeheads
and captured Chogye. six miles
west of the river. Another Second
Division column hit out southwest
to the outskirts Of Sinban. eight
miles southeast OF Chogye and re-
Gently the headquarters Of two Red
Divisions. On the southern front
US. 25th Division armored forces
pushed toward Chinju. slowed by a
thickly sown minefield. Chintu was
the main Red southern base.
Mystery Tank Column
The whereabouts of tank-led
mystery column which had been re-
ported moving south from the Man
churian border to the Seoul area
still remained mystery. The lOtn
Corps had no new reports OF 1t to-
day, although yesterday it was be-
lieved the column had crossed the
38th parallel.
But whether this reinforcing Red
column arrived or not. the battle
for Seoul was shaping up into one
of the fiercest of the war. Fighting
in its suburbs was hand TO hand
and Marine casualties were reported
relatively heavy" Tank-led Ma
rines who crossed the Han Wednes-
day split into two columns for the
attack into the outskirts from the
southeast and from the north. Some
10000 Red troops are in the city
proper. Uncertainty as to the city
limits led to a premature report
that the Marines had en-
tered the capital.
But to the south there was no OPP
position to Seventh Infantry troops
entering Suwon. where there is
good airfield which can handle big
planes.
Allied warplanes Thursday flew
500 flights in support of ground
troops. Pilots reported II Red tanks
destroyed and $50 Red troops killed
by the planes. Much other Red
equipment was chewed up.