Word: 7th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...attached to the division as a military adviser: "These are tough guys . . . They march at night with hardly any clothes, just a rag around their feet inside their shoes, and it just about freezes me." Just before dusk one evening the "tough guys" of the 6th Division's 7th Regiment pushed through the border town of Chosan, 130 miles north of Pyongyang, and drove to the south bank of the Yalu...
...Roof Fell In. Before the 7th Regiment had a chance to wet a saber, the roof fell in. Throughout northwest Korea the Communists started unexpectedly strong counterattacks supported by tanks, artillery and mortars. One North Korean force cut the main supply road to Chosan, isolated the R.O.K. 7th Regiment on the Yalu. Three more Red battalions surrounded part of the 6th Division near Onjong, 50 miles south of Chosan. At Unsan, 70 miles north of Pyongyang, a regiment of the R.O.K. ist Division was enveloped by 7,000 Communists. Thirty miles west of Unsan, U.N. air strikes failed to break...
...line with MacArthur's orders, the deepest northern penetrations were made by South Korean troops. On the right flank of the U.S. forces, the R.O.K. 1st, 7th and 8th Divisions joined the R.O.K. 6th Division in a swing northwest of the enemy's main line of retreat, then cut back to the northeast along the Chongchon River. By week's end the 6th Division was north of Huichon, about 50 miles south of Manchuria...
Soon after Seoul fell on Sept. 26, the U.S. 1st Marine Division and 7th Infantry Division which had made the landings at Inchon found themselves back on LSTs and assault transports. Reinforced by the newly arrived 3rd Infantry Division, they were slated to make another amphibious landing-this time at Wonsan on Korea's east coast. But on Oct. 10, just before what was to have been Dday, troops of the R.O.K. I Corps, driving overland, captured Wonsan ahead of schedule. The war had moved so fast that the big knockout assault scheduled to be commanded by Major General...
After looking over the 7th, Ned Almond flew back to Inchon. His men were ready to play their part in the drive for a quick finish...