Word: yongdung
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Yard by Yard. After the fall of Kimpo, the U.S. and South Korean attackers mounted a two-pronged assault on Seoul, one from the northwest along the north bank of the Han, the other from the southeast through the industrial suburb of Yongdung, south of the river. Before the north prong could get going, a battalion under Lieut. Colonel Robert Taplett-whose outfit had stormed Wolmi Island last fortnight (TIME, Sept. 25)-had to cross the Han. Taplett's men had brought along amtracs (amphibious tractors), but the first crossing was not easy...
...south prong-a regiment under famed Colonel Lewis ("Chesty") Puller-fought a hand-to-hand battle in Yongdung, where the main Inchon-Seoul road joins the southbound road to Suwon. Scores of bayoneted Reds perished...
...Yongdung, but after five days Puller's men were still mopping...
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