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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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US paratroopers conducted the largest airdrop in history near Sunchon-Sukchon, North Korea, trapping 28,000 Communist forces and sealing their fate. Pyongyang fell with minimal resistance, and UN forces advanced toward the Manchurian border amid mass surrenders.
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Airdrop, Largest in History, Seals Fate of Enemy -No Fight Left
(By the Associated Press)
Parachute troops, dropped Friday in the Sunchon-Sukchon area, linked forces today with United States First Cavalrymen over the 30-mile stretch between fallen Pyongyang, North Korean capital, and Sunchon.
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters said the fast-moving paratroopers had sealed off 28,000 Communist Koreans after cascading behind the enemy lines. The trapped Reds were nearly half of the estimated organized Communist fighting force left north of the 38th parallel.
All arteries of escape were blocked for the North Korean Reds in the Sunchon-Sukchon area, where the 4,200 U.S. airborne troops dropped out of the sky.
The surprise maneuver left an estimated 63,000 Communist troops in North Korea unable to mass for any effective stand against onrushing United Nations forces.
No Defense Line
A MacArthur spokesman said there was no sign of any organized defense line north of the present battle zone nor of any temporary capital for the all but defeated Red regime.
Resistance in Pyongyang was petering out as American tanks crossed the Taedong and entered the fallen city.
Five South Korean divisions were preparing to rush to the Manchurian border to cut off escape routes for the shattered remaining Red forces, who were surrendering in droves.
The airdrop, which sealed the fate of the Korean Reds was the first in the Korean conflict and one of the largest in the history of paratrooping.
Little Fight Left
All reports, except from the Chinampo area, west of Pyongyang, indicated there was very little fight left in the Reds, though a few scattered bands of guerrillas were harassing the U.N. troops in isolated hill positions.
There was no indication Gen. MacArthur planned to send foreign U.N. troops to the Manchurian border where an incident might involve Russian or Chinese Communist troops.
South Korean soldiers, pushing northward along the east coast, were 95 miles south of the Manchurian border and still going.
The air force continued its 24-hour schedule but there were few targets left north of the 38th parallel.
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North Korea
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Friday
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sealed off 28,000 communist koreans, nearly half of the estimated organized fighting force north of the 38th parallel; 63,000 communist troops unable to mass; mass surrenders by shattered red forces.
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US paratroopers (4,200 airborne troops) dropped Friday in the Sunchon-Sukchon area, linking with First Cavalrymen and blocking escape routes for trapped North Korean forces. Pyongyang fell with petering resistance as tanks entered the city. South Korean divisions prepared to advance to Manchurian border. Little fight left in Reds except scattered guerrillas; no organized defense line north of battle zone.