South Korea provides the opportunity for American troops to be stationed in the South Pacific….An American withdrawal would undermine the whole thesis of an American-Korean brotherhood in arms built on anti-communism.” Since coming to power, President Trump has questioned Seoul’s contributions ...
but not on the morning of 10 July. The day dawnedwith a ground fog billowing up from the rice paddies. With it came theNorth Koreans. At 0555 the American soldiers could hear enemy voices ontheir left. Fifteen minutes later those on the ridge at the center of theposition heard...