Word: yongchon
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...east coast-had not caved in, but it was sagging. The loss of territory (see map) was disturbing enough; more so was the threat to Kyongju, communications hub of the northeast corner. The enemy got to within four miles of Kyongju. The Reds seized nearly the whole of the Yongchon-Pohang road and brought the Yongchon-Kyongju road under interdiction fire. Since General Walker had no reserves and could spare no front-line troops from any other sector, he was forced to pull the 24th Division (first U.S. division committed in Korea) from a rest area and send it back...
...Their Toenails. Two of these divisions shifted to the east, away from the Americans, where they threw an armored spearhead at the South Koreans on the Uisong-Yongchon road (see map). This was flat country, good for tanks, and the South Koreans gave ground, but this week they were holding and Yongchon was not seriously threatened...
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