or worldviews of the people who actually lived at that time. Much of the writing about the founding generation is badly skewed. As they say, hind sight is 20/20! While not perfect, compared with other nations and societies of that era, America was quite progressive in the move to give common people personal independence and representation in government. Socialism crept into America early on, and reigned us into statism. Slaves then were at times better off than wage slaves today. Lincoln had Marxist sympathizers in his staff. Evil is not a skin color, nor is virtue. But America was founded by white folks of European Christian extraction, industrious, ambitious, liberty oriented people seeking their destiny free of monarchs. They set a high standard in history that socialists desperatelyone battalion was assigned to be airlifted into Korea via C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft and move quickly to block advancing North Korean forces while the remainder of the division was transported to South Korea on ships. The 21st Infantry Regiment was determined to be the most combat-ready of the 24th Infantry Division's three regiments, and the 21st Infantry's 1st Battalion was selected because its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Smith, was the most experienced, having commanded a battalion at the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. On July 5, Task Force Smith engaged North Korean forces at the Battle of Osan, delaying over 5,000 North Korean infantry for seven hours before being routed and forced back.

During that time, the 34th Infantry Regiment set up a line between