![]() American planes began destroying bridges and roads that the North Koreans were using in their advance. By early August, the United States Air Force had begun providing air cover for the UN forces. Though Kean and his men couldn’t secure Chinju, they inflicted thousands of North Korean casualties and stopped the North Korean 6th division from moving further toward Pusan. ![]() Kean’s men were forced to retreat back to Masan. When all was said and done, 300 American troops were killed, injured or imprisoned. As American forces marched between the two cities, North Korean troops who had been positioned in the hills above the road ambushed them and started firing heavily. Their job was to defend the newly-established perimeter. Kean directed soldiers, fresh off boats from Japan and Hawaii, to move west from to Jinju. As July 1950 faded into August, more American forces arrived in Pusan.
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