Word: changnyong
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Communist enemy was showing signs of attrition. Time & again he failed to take advantage of situations where the U.S. forces were exposed to serious damage and possible breakthrough. For example, while his Changnyong bridgehead was being cut to shreds (see Battle of Korea), the North Koreans in a smaller bridgehead to the north did nothing to help...
...week's end, they had put three regiments-a full division-across at Changnyong, roadblocked a secondary supply route and threatened the rail-and-road line from Taegu to Pusan. This week the brave, battered 24th Division, which had been fighting steadily for six weeks, moved to the counterattack behind hard-hitting Pershing tanks. The division commander, Major General John H. Church,* said he intended to "drive the enemy back across the river or destroy him on this side." But it was not certain that John Church and his men had enough tomatoes for that...