Word: 24th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...party visited I Corps headquarters, where MacArthur was briefed on tactical details of the offensive; he also toured I and IX Corps sectors and visited 24th Division headquarters...
...24th Division's Major General John Church, MacArthur said that he was recommending the 24th for a presidential citation, and added: "I have already promised wives and mothers that the boys of the 24th Division will be back by Christmas. Don't make me a liar. Get to the Yalu and I will relieve...
...attack sector extended some 70 miles across Korea's waist eastward from a point on the Yellow Sea below Chongju. The U.S. 2nd, 24th and 25th Divisions jumped off, alongside the R.O.K. 1st, 6th, 7th and 8th and the British 27th Brigade. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division was held in reserve. The offensive involved about 100,000 Allied troops against about 125,000 of the enemy, mostly Chinese...
...first day the 24th reached a high river dike south of Chongju, and the next day went on to take the ruined town without a fight. Other divisions gained several miles. The South Koreans pushed eleven miles north of Tokchon...
...south end of the Changjin Reservoir, the 1st Marine Division entered the abandoned town of Hakalwoo, three-fourths destroyed by Allied air attacks. The marines pushed north along both sides of the reservoir without finding the enemy. The 24th Division, entering Pakchon (near the west coast), were told by villagers that the Reds had departed northward four days earlier...