The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-21
TERRIFIC SLAUGHTER
 INFLICTED
Nearly 60.O0O Reds Killed in Five-Ddy-0ld 0f-
 fensive Is Estimate
By Associated Press

Reds began withdrawing from half of the Korean Central front today after losing nearly 60000 men, by Allied estimates. in their five day-old offensive.
 It. Gen. Edward M. Almond an- nounced his Tenth Corps killed or wounded 48.34l Reds on the East- Central front. Sundays toll alone was 24.700, he said, the biggest one day total of the war
 Allied officers estimated 10,220 other casualties were inflicted on the West Central front. AP Corre- spondent George A. McArthur re- ported.
 Tn this sector, Reds retreated thru a driving rain. Front line dispatches Monday night told of Communist withdrawals before advancing Allies across more than 20 miles of the front.
 Abandon Bridgeheads
 Reds were reported abandoning their bridgeheads below the Pukhap and Hongchon rivers, and pulling back toward Chunchow in the cen- ter.
 Most of the Red casualties were inflicted by the U. s. Second divis- ion, which the Communists set out to destroy. The 9th Army said the Second division killed or wounded 37,750 Reds in five days
 We've taken the starch out of the offensive" Almond said. And I feel certain that if they come at us in even greater numbers we can handle them again"
 Red All-Out Smash
 The Reds threw l25,000 men at his sector in their second spring of- fensive, Almond said. The first Red all-out smash began April P and begged down at the end of 10 days.
 In their new drive, the Reds fell before the tremendous fire power of JUN artillery, planes and automatic weapons /, were trapped on barbed wire entanglements blown up by mines.
 The enemy may be getting ready to strike again. Almond said, and if he does we are prepared to meet him.
 Hold reninsula Line
 We have line across the penin- sula and we are holding it. We have line of fire that operates day and night, rain or shine. Our capabil- ity of bringing down instant fire whenever we sight these people is tremendous"
 Much of Sundays record casualty toll. he said. was compiled when artillery caught the Chinese trying to carry off their dead all along two and a half mile valley.
 Hide and Seek Game
 A high ranking officer described the warfare as ia deadly game oi hide and seek" kind of now-you- see-the enemy, now you-don't sit- uation. But thus far in the offensive the U. s. Second division had killed or wounded nearly four Chinese di- visions, or twice as many men as there are in the whole Second d. vision.
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 Tokyo headquarters indicated the Chinese losses were more than 5o to 1. American losses were reported comparatively small. In the Far West. LIN patrols stabbed far out from the Seoul Peri meter. A South Korean patrol enter ed Munsan, only 10 miles south or the ssth Parallel with little oppo- sition. An American task force prob ed into Uijongbu, Il miles north Of Seoul unopposed Air Force In Action Tn the wars biggest night attack on front lines, B-29s and B-26 in- vaders cut up the enemy facing the Second division with 1000 fragmen- tation bombs. The Air Force said zoo tons of bombs were pinpointed by new radar technique. A big jet battle over northwest Korea produced the worlds first Jet | ace, Capt. James Jabara of Wichita Kas. He sent two Russian-made MICS down in flames to run ms ! total to six one more than ne