Evening star., 1950-06-29
Korea
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The naval vessels are under Or
ders to shell all North Korean
ships and the invaders shore
positions.
The front has been fairly stable
for the past two days in the rugged
country between Kaypyong, about
20 miles northeast of Seoul,
through Chunchon to Kangnung
near the east coast.
900 Tons Sent by Air.
United States aerial transports
already have delivered more than
500 tons of munitions by air and
transport planes will start deliv-
'ering los millimeter field pieces,
heavy and medium mortars, ba-
zookas, light machine guns, auto
matte weapons and ammunition.
There have been no North
Korean landings on the south
eastern coast and no reports of
Communicated uprisings in South
Korea.
There have been American air
losses but no Americans have
been shot down. American flyers
have confirmed total of at lease
IL North Korean planes.
Three Americans have been
wounded in the last two days in
air raids at Suwon where over
200 officers and men maintain an
advance headquarters and the
main American base.
2 Transports Attacked.
Gen. Macarthur and his party
left Suwon at Sis pm. a short
time after two other transport
planes had been attacked in the
air nearby. One man was wounded
in each plane.
Aerial dog fights had been going
on for an hour before Gen. Mac
Arthur drove quickly to the air.
port in battered old sedan. Two
bombs were dropped on the air
field and strafng North Korean
planes wounded two Ameri-
can GIs.
Earlier in the day the generals
car was halted while unidentified
! fighter planes circled overhead.
Getting out of the car, the gen.
eral asked:
Are we shooting them down?"
He was told the wait was mere
ly precautionary. Gen. MacAr-
thur then said, IF I had known
that I wouldn't have gotten out"
Gen. MacArthur's tour in South
Korea brought him within l mile
of a sharp artillery duel on the
southern edge of Seoul.
Southern Rally Reported.
The Korean mission in Tokyo
earlier had reported Southern
forces rallying and hammering
back into Seoul, which they lost
yesterday.
The mission also declared fierce
fighting was going on at Red-held
Uijonbu, II miles north of Seoul.
The southern counter thrust was
going so well, the mission said,
that army headquarters was
moved back to Shihung between
Seoul and Suwon. Headquarters
was moved to Shihung as the Red
tanks shattered Scouts defend
ers Yesterday. AS the situation
Worsened it moved farther south
to Suwon.
Before the mission issued it's
encouraging statement, the South
ern forces were reported in grave
condition. So bad that authorita-
tive sources in Tokyo said some
American combat troops had been
placed on the alert to move into
Korea "at a moments notice"
So far no American ground
combat troops have been sent to
the war zone.
First Cavalry Order Denied.
Reports-not carried by the
Associated Press-that the 1st
Cavalry Division had been ordered
to the front from Japan were de-
MED officially. A denial by the
divisions commander, Maj. Gen.
Hobart R. Gay, was followed
quickly with another by Col. P. M.
Echols, Gen. MacArthur's public
information officer.
| IN addition to the. B-29s, the
United States has thrown F-80
Lockheed jet and F-82 twin
fuSelage Mustang fighters and
BPS light bombers into combat.
The Air Force also is airlifting
supplies to the South Koreans
with a fleet of four -engined C-54s
and twin-engined GAGS and
CATS. The around the clock
schedule was increased with the
arrival of a squadron of C-54s
from the Philippines.