"Choso! Choso!"

On the central front above Hoengsong last week, U.S. commanders were using R.O.K. troops in a new way. The South Koreans were ahead of the main allied line, which had closed ranks behind them. If the South Koreans succeeded in wiping up the North Korean outposts in the formidable, snow-veined mountains, the U.N. line could be hauled up on their heels. If they were counterattacked and broken up under pressure--as they have been in the past--they could fall back without leaving a hole or exposing a flank. To help and encourage them, they had more U.S. tanks, artillery and air support than ever before. The ROKs, whose morale has vastly improved in recent weeks, moved doggedly forward, followed by supply trucks carrying rice bags, stoves, bicycles, furniture, 1,001 other gypsylike belongings. On the second day of their advance, they were stalled at the foot of a craggy hill by concentrated North Korean small-arms fire. After artillery and F80 jets dropping napalm had driven the enemy off, the ROKs, yelling "Choso! Choso!" (Good! Good!) went in and seized the hill.

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