MacArthur: "They were a very dangerous enemy. Walker had reported that the Chinese army often avoided the main roads and used the mountains and hills as approach roads. They always thrust themselves into my depths to launch attacks. The weapons in the hands of their infantry are more fully employed than ours. The enemy is accustomed to moving and fighting at night."
Li Qiwei: "It often happened that soldiers guarding isolated blockhouses (which were surrounded by sandbags piled up and barbed wire set up to counter enemy attacks in all directions) were often surprised to find that four or five Chinese in rubber-soled shoes had crept unannounced into the zone between them and the outpost cordon. At that moment flares would rise from over the enemy lines, and the frantic sound of bugles would frighten our sentries into their blockhouses, and scarcely in time to give the word of command, the battle would be fought."
Li Qiwei: "At one point, the Chinese even placed severely wounded men on stretchers on the highway and withdrew. They did not shoot at us while our medics were there in trucks to pick up the wounded ...... There were many times when they shared what little food they had with their prisoners and adopted a friendly attitude towards them."
Clark: "The leadership of the ****producers in the Korean War was an ingenious mixture of military and political acumen. Not only was it able to sustain an army of peasants that everyone thought was a 'rabble' on the battlefield against a modern military power, but it was also able to hone the troops into a trained, equipped, and united fighting body in the face of adversity and retreat."