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Melvin B. Voorhees
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Melvin B. Voorhees
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This book is a first-hand account, based on personal experiences and observation, of a war unique in history and vital for the future of our civilisation. Part of the book is written in the form of fictional stories, each closely based on actual events, which reveal vividly the reactions of the fighting men and of the natives of a war-torn country."THIS is a blessed event. At last the United States Army has given birth to a top-grade writer. From the Korean war has come finally one thin volume of prose which is apt to be remembered long after we have forgotten the heroisms of Heartbreak Ridge and the frustrations of Panmunjom."āNY Times
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A CHRONOLOGY
June, 1950
25THāAn invading North Korean Communist Army of 60,000 crossed the 38th Parallel into South Korea at five oāclock of a Sunday morning. Five hours later Kaesong fell.
27THāPresident Truman ordered U.S. air and sea forces to aid South Korea and the Seventh U.S. Fleet to protect Formosa. United Nations Security Council called on all member nations to aid in repelling aggression in Korea.
29THāNorth Korean Army seized Seoul, capital of South Korea. Britain ordered her Far Eastern Fleet to join in fight.
30THāTruman ordered U.S. ground troops to Korea; ordered naval blockade of Korean coast and authorized U.S. Air Force to bomb North Korea.
July, 1950
1STāFirst U.S. combat troops arrived in Korea. Major-General William F. Dean, commander 24th Infantry Division, placed in command of U.S. forces in Korea.
4THāU.S. troops first met enemy just north of Osan; forced to retreat.
6THāB-29s began bombing North Korea.
7THāGeneral Douglas MacArthur named Supreme UN Commander.
13THāLieutenant-General Walton H. Walker, commander of Eighth Army, assumed command of ground forces in Korea. (EUSAK was born.)
15THāNorth Koreans crossed Kum River.
18THāFirst Cavalry and 25th Infantry Divisions reached Korea.
21STāTwenty-fourth Division troops fought way out of flaming Taejon. General Dean missing in action.
August, 1950
1STāSecond U.S. Infantry Division reached Korea.
2NDāFirst U.S. Marine Brigade reached Korea.
7THāIn Masan sector task force launched first UN counterattack.
8THāNorth Koreans breached Naktong River perimeter line, but failed to reach Taegu, where EUSAK was headquartered.
15THāUN troops beat off two Communist attacks along Naktong.
29THāTwenty-seventh British Brigade arrived from Hong Kong, first troops to join Americans and South Koreans in war.
September, 1950
3RDāCommunist offensive threatened Taegu.
4THāU.S. 25th Division inflicted 12,000 enemy casualties in winning three-day battle at Masan.
7THāGeneral Walker declared āour lines will hold.ā
10THāGeneral Walker said āworst is over.ā
15THāU.S. X Corps made amphibious assault on Inchon, port of Seoul.
16THāEighth Army ājumped offā from perimeter lines and began shattering of North Korean Army.
19THāX Corps began encirclement of Seoul; Eighth Army swept north and west in South Korea, with Communists captured or in full flight. Filipino troops reached Korea.
26THāSeoul fell to U.S. Australian troops reached Korea.
October, 1950
1STāSouth Korean troops crossed 38th Parallel. MacArthur called on Reds to surrender.
7THāEighth Army pushed northward; X Corps withdrawn from battle.
10THāU.S. troops crossed 38th Parallel; ROKs took Wonsan on east coast.
15THāTruman and MacArthur met on Wake Island.
17THāTurkish troops arrived in Korea.
18THāROKs occupied Hamhung and Hungnam.
19THāEighth Army took Pyongyang, capital of North Korea.
20THāUS. paratroopers in first drop 25 miles north of Pyongyang.
25THāEighth Army spearhead within 34 miles of Manchuria.
26THāU.S. Marines landed at Wonsan; 1st and 6th ROK Divisions captured first Chinese Communist Forces prisoners of the war. Prisoners said 40th CCF Army units crossed into Korea about October 19, and 56th CCF Army crossed Yalu River about October 12. Sixth ROK Division reached Yalu.
29THāX Corps halted by Chinese in northeast Korea.
30THāEighth Armyās 6th ROK Division overwhelmed by Chinese counterattack at Yongdu.
November, 1950
3RDāU.S. 25th Division withdrew 50 miles from Yalu area; 1st Cavalry hard hit.
6THāM...