Re: Korean War & Vietnam War

[Ed Evanhoe <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>]

Robert,

>>At 04:20 PM 12/29/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> Let me try one more time. My position was, and remains, that the NK army 
> was better armed, with heavier maneuver ellements, and that the  South 
> Koreans were a lightly armed constabulary, poorly equipt to repell an 
> invasion. When the Imugin came south the ROK's had nothing capable of 
> stopping armor, only trainers for aircraft, and little arty. other than 
> mortars. The US was leary of Rhee, because he expressed his desire to 
> unify the country by force if necessary, and thought it prudent to limit 
> the arms available to his ROK's.<<
No argument with this statement.  The NKPA was much better equipped and 
trained than ROKA and the U.S. was very wary of giving Rhee any weapons 
that could be used in an offensive mode by South Korea.

Ed

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