In Korea's hills, U.S. casualties were the heaviest in a year. According to the latest Pentagon figures, the U.S. is currently taking casualties at the rate of more than 1,000 a week (including some hundreds killed or permanently disabled). Since the truce talks began more than 16 months ago, the U.S. has suffered 44,700 casualties. In that time the battle line has moved hardly at all.
The Pentagon also announced that the U.S. Air Force has dropped more bombs in Korea than in the first two years after Pearl Harbor; the Navy and Marine air arms almost as many as...
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