一个二战和朝鲜战争的老兵，多年后，就1950年那个寒冷的冬天，写下了这样一段话：

The next sixty days—the months of November and December 1950—were
among the most trying of my professional career, more so than the Bulge.
The war in Korea abruptly turned from victory to humiliating defeat, one
of the worst in our history. MacArthur lost control of the battle and his
emotions, leading Washington to lose all confidence in him. Throughout
the ordeal we believed it likely thai a global war with Russia could erupt
at any hour, that the free world was poised on the brink of catastrophe.

 

接下来的 60 天——1950 年 11 月和 12 月——
在我的职业生涯中最艰难的，比 Bulge 还要多。
朝鲜战争突然从胜利变成屈辱的失败，一
我们历史上最糟糕的一次。麦克阿瑟失去了对战斗的控制，他的
情绪，导致华盛顿对他失去信心。始终
我们认为可能会爆发一场与俄罗斯的全球战争的磨难
在任何时候，自由世界都处于灾难的边缘。