"We Go Together"
Kap Shi Kap Si Da
Corps Commander Conference Suwon Air Base, Korea February 1951
by
Don Stivers
It was the end of 1950. The Chinese had entered the war. For the battle-fatigued Eighth Army, withdrawn into a defensive position below the 38th parallel on the wintry Korean Peninsula, it was a time of doubt and disillusionment. What they needed was effective leadership; what they needed more, were victories.
After a few limited objective attacks, their commander Lt. Gen. Matthew Ridgway launched Operation Thunderbolt on January 25, 1951. It was an unqualified success, due, in part, to the subordinate commands of the Eighth Army working in unison, Their unofficial motto after the operation was
"WE Go Together!"
Follow-up counteroffensive operations, code named "Roundup," "Killer," and "Ripper," took friendly forces into Seoul by mid-March. By the end of the month, the Eighth was re-crossing the 38th parallel and digging in twenty miles beyond.
With the very survival of the Republic of Korea on the line, the wartime leaders rose to the challenge. General Douglas A. MacArthur, Lt. Gen. Ridgway, Maj. Gen. Chung II Kwon, and Brig. Gen. Paik Sun Yup, at a Corps Commander Conference at Suwon Air Base, bound forces together in the defense of freedom on the Korean Peninsula. Today the alloy, forged in the crucible of war fifty years age, remains ready to meet the common danger with their watchwords the same as they were half century ago: "We Go Together!"

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