Re: ROK Army

[Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>]

At 09:03 AM 2/26/02 -0600, Ed Evanhoe wrote:
>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.
>

Thanks, Ed.  My specific request for citations, though was on John2's
allegation that the US Embassy officials "reported" that the ROKA was
"initiating" attacks on the North, and on his further allegation that Rhee
spoke "openly" with his Defense Minister about "occupying North within
three days".

Marc

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