Evening star., 1950-12-13
10000 Allied Troops
?fvacuating Korea
AT Northeast Port
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r., within 40 miles of Soviet Siberia.
Some were evacuated by sea from
the far north. Others retreated
down the coastal highway to Ham
hung.
-,e-- Threat Spurs Activity.
IN, AS the threat of Chinese attack
y mounted, the beachhead hustled
with activity.
"s;, Associated Press Correspondent
tom Stone flew back to rookyo
from Hamhung with the story and
Associated Press Photographer
MAX Desfor recorded the evacua-
Attion in pictures taken in a cruising
military plane.
-. Landing craft nosed up on the
.sbeaches and against the docks.
:. Small freighters with steam up
at the quayS took on their cargoes
of men and supplies.
-.lr Bigger transports were standing
out in deeper water, taking men
e-and material aboard from land
.. ing craft. Warships cut through
1.-THE icy waters. A big white
hospital ship took aboard the
wounded from smaller craft.
&c Tanks, guns. trucks and jeeps
crowded the wharves bumper to
bumper. Doughboys and Marines
moved across the docks in steady
Sstreams. Other troops waited
patiently in little tent cities for
their call to load.
Inland from the beach. crews
raced against time clearing two
Handing strips for CAT transport
planes to assure a quick getaway
from the last rear guard troops. j..
m< Dunkirk Threat Rises.
4 The threat of a Dunkirk-a
withdrawal under murderous fire
and attack-mounted with each
passing hour. The first Chinese
s4ttack stepped up the evacuation
'.:."pace. But the withdrawal was
Expected to require at least several
more days.
Red sniperS poured fire into the
beachhead throughout the night.
Eight Red Koreans armed with
'erenades and a gun were seized
inside the defense line.
Front dispatches said there was
no hope that all the mass of
weapons and supplies could be
carried away by sea. There wasn't
the shipping for it. Loading in
the once-great shipping harbor
was pushed under great difficult
ties.
Summary Ignores Evacuation.
Gen. MacArthur's Wednesday
afternoon war summary made no
mention of the evacuation. Only
go words long. it said ground ac-
tivity was limited yesterday to
patrol actions both around Hung
ham and in the west, where the
9th Army is ranged in defense
positions north of Seoul.
Tenth Corps units moving
aboard ships at Hungnam in
Guided the Arny's 7th and Sd Di-
visions, the Marine LIST Division
which fought a, bloody retreat
from Changjin Reservoir along
with some doughboys. South Ko-
reans from the Sd Division and
possibly the Capital Division. the
Puerto Rican 65th Regimental
Combat Team and a few British
Royal Marines. .
90 Rear Admiral Arthur J, Doyle |
commands the evacuation feet. |
It was a tough job for the man
who handled the daring landing
at Inchen last September that cut
off and smashed Red Korean re-
sistance and the later amphibious
operations along the northeast
coast.
Wounded were given top pri-
ority in the evacuation. Some
were flown out to Japan. Others
were lightered to the big hospital
ship standing in deep water.
Reminiscent of Anzio.
Associated Press Correspondent
Stan Swinton, veteran of Anzio,
reported the scene was reminiscent
of that Allied World War II beach,
head in Italy.
Roads are jammed and so is
the harbor in the rear" Mr..
Swinton said. Americans are
dug in on the f1atlands. Com
mand posts are separated by min
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