Re: Wars

["swan" <swan@haysco.net>]

You are right, Ed, this wasn't common knowledge. If this is true he lied to
the American people. We were under the impression that he was simply going
to end the war as expeditiously as possible. Eventually, he did this. I
always felt that he surrendered in Korea.

Bob Dove


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Evanhoe" <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 7:29 PM
Subject: RE: Wars


> Gene,
>
>  >>At 05:17 PM 9/23/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >Part of the reason I detested Ike was his politicizing the war. When he
> >announced that if elected he would go to Korea and end the war, the enemy
> >knew they had it made. Ask me some other time why I hate MacArthur.
> >Ridgeway was O.K. but tied down. I could not say whether we could have
> >taken back the North. It was pretty hot just holding where we were.<<
>
> It is not common knowledge but when the Chinese/North Koreans showed no
> signs of entering into a cease-fire, Eisenhower was prepared to send an
> airborne division, another Marine division and two more army divisions,
> landing these in the Wonsan area, and made sure the Chinese, Soviets and
> North Koreans knew it by starting logistic preparations for the invasion
in
> Japan and South Korea where their spies were sure to learn of this.  We'll
> never know if this was a bluff or not but it wasn't long after
preparations
> began that China and North Korea quit stalling and agreed to a cease-fire.
>
> Ed
>
> Ed Evanhoe, PO Box 916, Antlers, OK, 74523
> Author: DARKMOON: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War
> Life Member: Special Forces & Special Operations Associations
>


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