Word: hwachon
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...week's end troops of seven nations-U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, Siam, Greece, South Korea-were in North Korea almost everywhere along the 110-mile front. Enemy resistance faded in the west but stiffened in the center, in front of the Communists' "iron triangle" (Hwachon-Chorwon-Yonchon), where the main body of their forces was believed to be poised for the big push. At one point, Chinese holed up in eight enormous bunkers drove off repeated U.S. attacks with mortars, machine guns, rifle fire and grenades...
This week U.S. doughfeet reached the south edge of the Hwachon Reservoir against the fiercest resistance of the week. The Reds opened some of the reservoir's floodgates, raising by four feet the level of the Pukhan River and sending debris banging against allied pontoons. The enemy seemed dead set on preventing any further approach to the iron triangle...