Mary Shafer wrote:
[...]
I read somewhere that in the Korean Conflict the Turkish troops were
regarded by the North Koreans as quite fearsome fighters. To the
extent that the North Koreans would avoid engagement in any area they
knew to have Turkish soldiers.

I haven't read much about Korea, so I don't have any feel for true
this is, though. Perhaps someone else knows?


'quite fearsome fighters'

That's a yes. Fierce and unforgiving seemed to be the polite
description.