Word: hoengsong
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...approaching the important Red base at Chunchon (see map), which the Reds this week were reported to be abandoning. Of the captured towns, the most important was Hongchon, once thought to be the headquarters of the Chinese 39th and 40th armies and probable origin of the Red assaults on Hoengsong last month. TIME Correspondent Tom Lambert cabled this account of Hongchon's fall...
This was the sight met last week by advancing U.S. Marines two miles northwest of Hoengsong. It was part of the most horribly concentrated display of American dead since the Korean war began. Near the road the marines found two wounded, half-frozen U.S. soldiers-a 19-year-old infantry corporal, and a 35-year-old pfc. in the artillery. They were the only survivors of a U.S. 155-mm. battery and its infantry guard, ambushed and annihilated three weeks ago. In an aid station at Wonju airstrip, the corporal and the pfc. told their stories...
...battery, together with a battalion of 105-mm. artillery and an infantry unit, started north from Hoengsong to back up the South Korean 8th Division. When a ROK regiment broke under attack, the U.S. troops found themselves on their...
Matt Ridgway kept visiting his advancing troops, warning them not to extend their lines too rapidly. But the sudden rains last week made his warning unnecessary in most sectors. Marines attacking near Hoengsong had to slog through eight to 20 inches...
...western flank still stabilized on the south bank of the Han River, Lieut. General Matthew Ridgway kept U.N. troops attacking in the east and in the center. Last Friday U.S. marines drove the Chinese 66th Corps off the hills commanding the central Korean town of Hoengsong. Next day, the marines trudged northward through the narrow mountain passes toward the Red supply base at Hongchon...