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Forty of the United Nations have offered money, men or supplies for the U.N. war effort in Korea. Only 14 countries, besides the U.S., have thus far furnished any military assistance. Last week U.N. forces in Korea included contingents from the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Greece, the Philippines, Siam, Canada, Colombia, South Africa, Turkey.* These units totaled approximately 35,000 men.

Belgian infantrymen were the most recent arrivals. Last Wednesday Korean Premier John M. Chang went down to the docks in Pusan to welcome a 650-man Belgian battalion. With it came 50 volunteers from Luxembourg.

The preceding week a battalion of crack Greek troops, all veterans of guerrilla fighting in their own country, finally got a firsthand look at Asiatic warfare. The Greeks, who went into battle singing, were not impressed. Northeast of Suwon 200 of them stood off a 45-minute attack by 3,000 Chinese Communists. Snapped Sergeant Basilakis Nikolous, who was slightly wounded, "They came at us like wild beasts, and we just cut them down as they came."

Twelve miles north of Yoju, the French battalion, fighting together with a U.S. regiment, smashed a desperate Chinese attempt to outflank their position. After taking 3,600 casualties, the broken attackers retreated to the north.

At Miryang, far behind the lines, the 2nd Battalion of Canada's famed regiment, the Princess Pats, still training, was spoiling for a fight.

British gunners lobbed 25-pounder shells on enemy positions near Seoul in a round-the-clock bombardment. In London the government announced army & navy losses in the Korean war: 139 killed, 416 wounded, 258 missing.

Other contributions were still trickling in. A battalion from Colombia will be ready in March. A company of 63 Cubans is preparing for embarkation. Currently being trained and equipped for Korea: 1,069 Ethiopian infantrymen.

*27,500 British troops (10,500 of them Gurkhas) were hunting Communist guerrillas in Malaya. A French Union army of 150,000 (including 20,000 Frenchmen) carried on the fight against the Reds in Indo-China.

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