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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1953
Page
7
Allied artillery unleashed 2000 rounds along a 150 mile front in a bid to blunt Red forces. The last Communist plane was downed at 12 25 p m as truce details moved toward a 72 hour pullback and a 244 mile buffer line.
The Reds say they can exchange about 300 prisoners daily with the Allies, who report 2400 able bodied prisoners and 360 sick and wounded daily. UN and Communist officers discuss rates and timing while no start date for the large prisoner swap is set. Col Friedersdorff, UN prisoner expert, says talks continue at Panmunjom.
The report lists ridges like Finger Ridge and Heartbreak Ridge as famed WWII style battlegrounds now held by Communists. It notes over 1,500,000 Allied dead wounded and missing and recalls scarce patrol skirmishes along the 150 mile front as cease-fire neared. American patrols moved in defensive roles after enemy fire.
Long Beach residents react to the armistice news with mixed relief and lingering concern. Fathers recall hopes for full enemy removal while mothers mourned sons lost, praying the truce brings home prisoners and lasting peace.
The armistice signing at Panmunjom brought a 24 percent wide buffer zone across the 150 mile front. Lt Gen William K Harrison Jr and Gen Nam Il signed 18 copies each in a plain one room building. No South Korean representative attended. The ceremony was orderly with no incidents as delegates prepared to oversee future armistice enforcement and prisoner exchanges.
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