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...armored combat teams of the crack American Constabulary thrust westward in a surprise attack. Paratroops dropped near Frankenthal to secure a Rhine bridgehead. Partisan guerrillas closed in near Kaiserlautern and "destroyed" a supply dump. Threatened on their flanks, the 1st and 4th Divisions reeled back until units of the 2nd Armored Division, in reserve, moved up to hit the aggressors and cover the retreat...
Colonel Adams commands the U.S. 2nd Division's 23rd Regiment, which was finally identified last week, by permission of Eighth Army censors, as the outfit spearheading the fight for Heartbreak Ridge. This strategic, four-mile-long mountain north of Yanggu (see map) overlooks an important North Korean supply and assembly base to the north. The ridge, said the 2nd Division's commander, was "like a dagger pointing to their heart." The Eighth Army wanted it desperately- and the Reds were just as desperately determined to prevent its capture by U.N. forces...
...fighting off a night paratroop attack. U.S. units in the "Redland" invader force were commended for aggressiveness-their patrols ranged far behind enemy lines, cutting off two companies. All units were cocky and enthusiastic; black shiners blossomed on both sides. Young officers argued bitterly with umpires. Americans of the 2nd Battalion, 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment, slipped off nightly to deflate the tires of "enemy" vehicles, disable engines and snip telephone wires...
...2nd Game...
Demand & Supply. In Korea, the 2nd Division's 38th Regiment requisitioned a portable generator and two typewriters, later received a candle and two pencils...