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When the hard-fighting 27th (Wolf hound) Infantry Regiment stopped a Communist tank drive on Taegu a month ago, the New York Herald Tribune's pert, fearless Correspondent Marguerite Higgins cabled an eyewitness story of the four-hour battle. Last week, in a letter to the Trib, the regiment's hard-bitten Colo nel J. H. ("Mike") Michaelis complained that she had left out something important. He supplied...
North of Taegu, the stretch of road called the "Bowling Alley," made famous by the brilliant defense of Colonel John Michaelis' 27th Regiment, was lost to the North Koreans-again-the Communists had pushed through a wide gap between U.S. and South Korean outfits. Near by, on a 900-ft. ridge, were the walled ruins of an ancient temple, called the "Walled City." In August the South Koreans had taken the Walled City; last week they -lost...
When he arrived in Korea to take command of the 27th, Michaelis had reverted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. A few days later, he had won his second battlefield promotion to full colonel. This time it looked as if he would keep his silver eagles. Said one of his sergeants thoughtfully : "The colonel, he's going to be a big man in this Army-or a dead...
...Michaelis got two badly needed battalions of reinforcements. Then, at nightfall, a minor miracle roared out of the northwest sky. A flight of seven B-26s, fully loaded with bombs, came winging in. They had been unable to find their primary target, asked a spotter plane over the embattled 27th Regiment if he had any job for them. He certainly did. The spotter guided the B-26s-with only enough gas in their tanks to stay in the air 20 minutes-to General Kim's 8th Regiment, just as it prepared for a night assault. Down thundered 20 tons...
...best working soldiers in the 27th last week were young (26), blond Captain Martin Merchant of Ilion, N.Y., and Merchant's lead platoon leader, Lieut. Doyle D. Lummis of Waco, Texas. For four long nights, Merchant, Lummis and their men had held the most advanced position on the "bowling alley." Each night, they had heard the enemy tanks, trucks and self-propelled guns approach with a roaring and purring of motors, and a babble of voices. Each night, Lummis and his platoon sergeant had calmly told the artillery and mortars in the rear to get ready, warned the platoon...