Re: ROK Army

[Ed Evanhoe <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>]

Marc,

There were numerous small engagements between South Korean forces and 
infiltrating guerrillas or regular NK units along, or just south of the 
38th Parallel during 1949 - early 1950.  Without exception, every time one 
of these "incidents" happened, North Korea would claim "valiant North 
Korean forces" repulsed an attack by invading South Korean troops north of 
the 38th when in fact the fire-fight happened south of the 38th.  These 
claims by North Korea are part of their version of the history of the 
Korean War and used, in part, to justify their attack on South Korea.

Ed

At 11:59 PM 2/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>At 10:28 PM 2/25/02 EST, Jhk789@aol.com wrote:
>But it was most often the ROK Army which
>initiated attacks on the North in 1949 & 1950
>according to reports of US embassy officials.
>ROK defense minister & Rhee openly spoke
>about occupying North within three days.
>---------------------
>
>Citations, please, for both allegations?
>
>Marc
>
>msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +276/343-7315
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