[Darksheare]

Interesting.
If there had been time enough, and supply enough, the artillery should have been emplaced defilade on the hillside west of the road.
The road should have been made impassable, and the hilltop on the right hand side that the infantry went over should have had artillery sitting on it.
But.. there wasn't really time, and there wasn't any planning, and supply was almost nonexistent.
It's easy to sit here 50+ years later and say, "This is what should have been."
But the thinking back then was different, and they should have known better.

[snippy_about_it]

Yes. Not enough time. I'm pretty sure Sam was telling me that "the powers that be" mistakenly thought if we just showed up the North Korean's wouldn't fight. Another wrong move. We were ill-prepared.

[SAMWolf]

Part of the problem was the attitude of the higher ups at the very beginning of the war. They thought just the appearance of US troops would cause the NK to run. They thought wrong.