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(MENAFN - Asia Times) Their shoulders held the sky suspended — A. E. Housman
PAJU, SOUTH KOREA – Exactly 70 years ago, Hill 235, overlooking a narrow road in South Korea s Imjin Valley, 35 miles north of Seoul, was a scene of chaos and bloodshed.
The ground at the foot of the hill was a mass of wrecked and burnt-out vehicles. Its lower slopes were piled with the bodies of Chinese troops, killed as they advanced into the fire of artillery and massed automatic weapons.
And on its summit, a decimated battalion of British troops, cut off from all friendly forces, held out in all-round defense against 9-1 odds. ....

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