Word: taejon
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Rushed to Korea after the Reds launched their invasion, Dean led his division in hard-fought delaying actions from the Han River to Taejon...
...days, that was the last word from Bill Dean. Then an aide reported that Dean had apparently managed to get out of Taejon, after all. He had last seen him in the mountains outside the burning city as the general went to look for more stragglers. "You can wait for me," he told his companions. But at week's end they were still waiting in vain...
...tanks broke into Taejon last week, Dean was up at the front, worked with his bazooka squads. Said a corporal: "The general took a couple of men downtown and went after two tanks. I saw him passing ammunition to the men and directing fire. He was doing a damn good job, too." As more & more Reds poured into the city, Dean told the men around him: "I want all of you boys to get out." Dean himself stayed. One correspondent reported seeing him last in the streets of Taejon, saying with a grin: "I just got me a Red tank...
...first U.S. amphibious invasion force of the Korean war went ashore last week at the east coast port of Pohang, moved out swiftly to reinforce U.S. positions south of Taejon and (more importantly) to anchor the right flank of the U.S.-South Korean line. The men who landed at Pohang were members of the famed 1st Cavalry Division, the third U.S. division to be sent into battle in Korea. They were commanded by Major General Hobart R. Gay, a veteran armored force officer who served as chief of staff to General George S. Pattern's Third Army in World...
...24th captured Yechon, an important rail town on the U.S. right flank, 6 miles northeast of Taejon. Yechon fell after a 16-hour battle that started when the Negro G.I.s moved out under a barrage of mortar and artillery fire in the afternoon. They advanced steadily throughout the night, finally entered the burning town at dawn next...