Reflective essay attached.

HAMMER: Korea was the first war where the US Army rotated Soldiers in and out of theatre in significant numbers, a practice that has continued ever since. In doing practical and instructional knowledge is lost and lessons have to be re-learned, sometimes at great cost. How would you change the manner in which we now rotate Soldiers into different…[Read more]

Fires: The Chinese treated all POWs the same regardless of rank. This resulted in the degradation of discipline among POWs. Do you think this was the intended outcome or just 2nd and 3rd order effects? In addition what would you do to combat the loss of morale among POWs?

Though the Chinese treatment of all POWs the same regardless of rank might…[Read more]

Charlie:

At this point in the war, the soldiers probably lost faith in the competence of their leaders.  Their repetitive retreats and the loss of entire battalions at a time was becoming the norm.  Soldiers were continuously forced to fight while retreating in a state of utter exhaustion.  This inevitably would lead to a lack of faith in the up…[Read more]

HAMMER: As UN forces marched north, there was evidence of the Chinese joining the conflict. Despite the evidence, General MacArthur and his staff believed “the Chinese would not dare intervene” They assessed that they lacked the Military capability to bring significant forces into the conflict and even if that was possible the US air superiority…[Read more]

Able: What is your response to the steadfastness of MacArthur’s insistence on the Inchon landing? How does it change, had the mission gone otherwise?

MacArthur’s steadfast insistence on the Inchon Landing demonstrated his knowledge of how to most effectively bring about the swiftest end to the conflict.  His refusal to change the landing…[Read more]

S2: Response.

It would appear from the initial establishment of air dominance that the United States had all the intelligence assets they needed to provide troops on the ground with the knowledge of the armor threat that they were facing.  It is easy to draw the comparison between the refusal to equip troops with new equipment and our lack of…[Read more]