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An article for those of you who enjoy a bit of reading and might come in handy for a reference source. 
A very detailed and comprehensive look at the beginning phases of the Korean War 1950, to which I have not finished reading myself.
A few quotes about the writer...
The writer was not entirely a stranger to Korea when he arrived there early in July 1951.
Even when reports of military organizations are models of official records, the author agrees wholly with Marshal Erich von Manstein, who believes that a historian of military matters and campaigns "cannot get the truth from files and documents alone . . . the answer . . . will seldom be found-certainly not in a complete form-in files or war diaries."
General Ward's constant injunction to the author was to seek the truth of the Korean War and to tell it, no matter whom it might touch unfavorably. He wanted the facts made known, because only from them, he thought, could the United States build a better army for its defense.
How well the writer remembers his statement one day in casual conversation, "Truth is the first casualty in battle." He has tried not to have it the first casualty in this account of the Korean War.
Just click on the chapters to open and read them.
UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE KOREAN WAR
SOUTH TO THE NAKTONG, NORTH TO THE YALU.
(June-November 1950) by Roy E. Appleman.
http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/20-2-1/toc.htm
Quote...
Here is the story of how U.S. Army combat units, thrown piecemeal into the battle to slow Communist advances, fought a desperate and heroic delaying action, buying time until the United Nations forces could attain the military strength necessary to take the offensive. When that offensive was launched, it quickly crushed the North Korean forces, only to be met with the massive intervention of a more formidable adversary, Communist China.
A very detailed and comprehensive look at the beginning phases of the Korean War 1950, to which I have not finished reading myself.
A few quotes about the writer...
The writer was not entirely a stranger to Korea when he arrived there early in July 1951.
Even when reports of military organizations are models of official records, the author agrees wholly with Marshal Erich von Manstein, who believes that a historian of military matters and campaigns "cannot get the truth from files and documents alone . . . the answer . . . will seldom be found-certainly not in a complete form-in files or war diaries."
General Ward's constant injunction to the author was to seek the truth of the Korean War and to tell it, no matter whom it might touch unfavorably. He wanted the facts made known, because only from them, he thought, could the United States build a better army for its defense.
How well the writer remembers his statement one day in casual conversation, "Truth is the first casualty in battle." He has tried not to have it the first casualty in this account of the Korean War.
Just click on the chapters to open and read them.
UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE KOREAN WAR
SOUTH TO THE NAKTONG, NORTH TO THE YALU.
(June-November 1950) by Roy E. Appleman.
http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/20-2-1/toc.htm
Quote...
Here is the story of how U.S. Army combat units, thrown piecemeal into the battle to slow Communist advances, fought a desperate and heroic delaying action, buying time until the United Nations forces could attain the military strength necessary to take the offensive. When that offensive was launched, it quickly crushed the North Korean forces, only to be met with the massive intervention of a more formidable adversary, Communist China.
Thank you for pointing that out, woofie. Sorry about the misunderstanding, frinik. 
. I was merely correcting the issue of the originator of that quote which has been attributed to a US senator and a British historian both of whom used it but did not coin it.