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The article focuses on an exaggerated report of atrocities committed during the Korean War that began in 1950 published by U.S. Eighth Army war crime section chief Colonel James M. Hanley. According to him, about 3,000 American prisoners had been killed by North Koreans as of November 1, while the Chinese had killed 2,513. The report was considered by critics and Communists as another attempt to defer cease-fire negotiations. Two officers were dispatched by Far Eastern Commander Matt Ridgway to Pusan to investigate Hanley's facts.

The article focuses on the mass killings of South Koreans and U.S. soldiers in the different areas of Korea, including Seoul, Taejon and Wonju in October 1950. The 24th Division of the U.S. Armed Force found the bodies of 40 soldiers thrown and buried into trenches in the prison yard of Taejon including survivor Sergeant Carey H. Weiner. Along with the soldiers are the bodies of around 5,000 to 6,000 Koreans allegedly killed by the North Korean Communists.

Focuses on a United States military investigation into a massacre of civilians at No Gun Ri in the opening weeks of the Korean War in July 1950. Report by the Associated Press in October 1999 that a US Army unit killed noncombatants; How the atrocity was possible; Corroboration of the report by military personnel and Korean survivors.

The article presents the biggest news stories in 1951 according to a poll of United Press editors. The firing of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur was the biggest news story. The nine other top stories, include the Korean truce talks, Kefauver investigation, anti-inflation controls, and atrocities in Korea.

Focuses on a United States military investigation into a massacre of civilians at No Gun Ri in the opening weeks of the Korean War in July 1950. Report by the Associated Press in October 1999 that a US Army unit killed noncombatants; How the atrocity was possible; Corroboration of the report by military personnel and Korean survivors.