Sentence:  From the east to the <WSD>west</WSD> coast of the Korean peninsula was a strip of land in which fear filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night , sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound , or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  situated in or facing or moving toward the west