Word: regiment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
Doubtless with the 23rd Regiment's casualties at Heartbreak Ridge in mind, General Van Fleet issued a long statement explaining-and justifying the cost of-his summer campaign of attacks while peace talks were under way. Since May 25, in what he called "the dimout war," the enemy had lost 188,000 men, he said. The summer battles had served to weaken the enemy, to improve the U.N.'s military posture, to school and season replacements, and above all, to ward off inertia...
...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...
Died. Jacob Homer, 96, last survivor of General George A. Custer's historic 7th Regiment, which was massacred at the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876; of pneumonia; in Bismarck, N. Dak. A New Yorker who jo:ned the Army to see the West, he survived the battle because he was not there-there weren't enough horses to go around, and he had to stay behind when Custer made his last stand...
Demand & Supply. In Korea, the 2nd Division's 38th Regiment requisitioned a portable generator and two typewriters, later received a candle and two pencils...