Show Marines Hoist Old Glory Over Seoul TOKYO Sept 27 OT American WI-American American PI-American marines raised the Stars and Stripes over the v national capitol capitolin in Seoul Wednesday while other forces whipped out a mile 15 allied noose around many thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of reds in the south All indications including a broad appraisal by Gen MacArthur were that the North Korean invaders Were verc staggering and stumbling to final defeat in South Korea They still resisted in places with fatalistic fury however The master strategic stroke ari arising ing from the old day In In- chon beachhead opera operation tion and the offensive offense e from the south was the merging of the two allied fronts by forces meeting from north and south The allied lifeline for victory now runs unbroken for the miles diagonally across the peninsula penin penin- sula from sula-from from on the extreme southeast coast through the mop mop- up battles in Seoul to the second front beachhead on the Yellow sea The reds once were within odd 30 miles of port Red Korean rule over ocr the ancient ancient ancient an an- capital city and most o of South Korea s see seemed e e m e d all but crushed three crushed three months and two days after the Russian armed reds invaded the United Nations- Nations sponsored republic A U. U S S. S First Cavalry armored task force forged a link of steel between U. U N. N forces in the south and north It raced miles Ina rn tn rna a lightning sweep to splice the thelast thelast thelast last gap The up link-up with Seventh divIsion division divi divI- sion Mon from Seoul was made late Tuesday night in inthe inthe th the walled town of 25 miles south of Seoul It It came within a mile miJe or two of the spot where the first American Ameri Amen American can soldier of the Korean war was killed July 5 5 United Nations forces fanned tanner out on both bolh sides of the long line liberating big biS' areas from red bondage While up mopping fighting Is ts still in progress Gen MacArthur See Se P Page c 4 s Column 1 I U S. S Marines Raise a ise Flag Over Seoul Continued from rom Page Ono One reported all effective escape routes are closed and the fate of the North Korean forces caught in this pocket is sealed scaled How many were trapped was wasa a mystery Two weeks ago just before the second front landin landings s began began began be be- gan red Korean troops were massed ma se 1 against a the beachhead fighting to drive the allies into the sea But A. A P P. correspondent Don Whitehead reported in a dispatch from Seoul that the red divisions in the south seem to have evaporated orated orated dissolved dissolved into thin air few Troops Spotted said Arne American r f e a n planes had not spotted any large northward movement of troops Many fany reds have been bern reported changing Into white while civilian clothing clothing clothing cloth cloth- ing ing- and scrambling cross-country cross toward their northern homes Rear guard units still fou fought ht delaying actions against the onrushing onrushing onrushing on- on rushing allied troops The battle for Seoul where the reds made a deliberate death de 11 t h stand that caused terrible destruction destruction tion lion was nearly over The marines malines captured the capitol capitol capitol capi- capi tol and the near by Soviet and French consulate buildings and the U. U S. S embassy residence in street by fighting that left thousands thousands- of shattered structures in the wake of battle American Flag Raised The U. U S. S Flag was raised over I the cap capitol i t 01 at about 3 pm p.m. Wednesday 11 pm p.m. MST Tuesday Tues Tues- i I i I day An American flag flab fluttered briefly over the Soviet consulate then was hauled down and raised later over o the thc U. U S S. S ambassadors ambassador's residence I Communists still sun waged diehard diehard die die- I hard battles from scattered pockets pockets pock pock- I ets in S Seoul e c o 0 u 1 One was in the walled granite-walled Duk Soo palace Leathernecks and allied infantrymen infantrymen infantrymen had to blast them out of or foxholes street barricades dark alleys mud huts and modern steel teel and stone buildings It U was a costly defense for tor the reds One Seventh division unit killed wounded or captured 1128 reds in the hour 25 period ended at 4 pm p.m. Wednesday During that time the allied unit suffered casualties The marines too took a heavy toll of red defenders All along the Korean battlefront battlefront battlefront battle- battle front the story was the same I United Nations f for forces o r c e s killed kille I wounded or captured d nearly II reds Tuesday official reports said They trapped tens of thousands Red troops fled in disorder er throughout much of South Korea running desperately for or the parallel border to Communist North Korea Whether that boundary would prove a haven awaited a policy polley decision of the 53 nations who joined in m the U. U N Ns Nos s 's first armed peace-enforcement peace action I The up link-up of allied southern I and northern forces at was sealed in the midst of a bitter fight against a fleeing red rifle company led by two tanks A A. P P. P correspondent Bill Ross who was there reported First cavalry cavalry cavalry alry tanks rammed through red I fire at 10 1025 25 p pm p.m. m. m Tuesday 6 am a.m. MST Lt Frederic of oC Detroit I with the Seventh divisions division's I regiment investigated the strange I tanks Then he recognized them themas I as American I What the hell are you doing i out h here her e r e asked youre you're not supposed tobe tobe to tobe be here Youre You're supposed to be beback beback beback back at th the Suwon airstrip Lt Robert Baker of Spokane Wash stuck his head out of oC the lead tank Im from the First cavalry His voice cut through a rattle of or red fire Then he jumped down and pumped Proc ssi s hand shand |