U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 4 (of 5) The East-Central Front

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Author

Montross, Lynn, 1895-1961

Credits

Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns

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eBook-No.

65010

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65010

Release Date

April 6, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.U. S. MARINE OPERATIONS IN KOREA 1950–1953 VOLUME IV The East-Central Front
2. 2.Foreword
3. 3.Preface
4. 4.Contents
5. 5.Illustrations
6. 6.CHAPTER I Interlude at Masan — Return to the Bean Patch — 1st Marine Division in EUSAK Reserve — General Ridgway New EUSAK Commander — Ridgway’s Declaration of Faith — Marine Personnel and Equipment Shortages — Marine Air Squadrons in Action — The Air Force System of Control — X Corps Conference at Kyongju
7. 7.CHAPTER II The CCF January Offensive — UN Forces Give Ground — Further Eighth Army Withdrawals — Marine Aircraft in the Battle — 1st Marine Division Assigned Mission — Replacements by Air and Sea — The Move to Japanese Airfields — Red China’s “Hate America” Campaign — A Tactical Formula for Victory
8. 8.CHAPTER III The Pohang Guerrilla Hunt — The New Marine Zone of Operations — 1st MAW Moves to Bofu — Marine Rice Paddy Patrols — Operations THUNDERBOLT and ROUNDUP — Action in the Pohang-Andong Zone — KMC Regiment Joins 1st Marine Division — 10th NKPA Division Scattered — New Mission for the Marines
9. 9.CHAPTER IV Operation Killer — The Move to the Chungju Area — Marine Planes in Action — Planning for the New Operation — The Jumpoff on 21 February — Stiffening of Chinese Resistance — General Smith in Command of IX Corps — The Advance to Phase Line ARIZONA
10. 10.CHAPTER V Operation Ripper — Light Resistance the First Day — Seoul Abandoned by Enemy — Second Phase of the Operation — Changes in 1st MAW Units — General MacArthur Visits Marine Battalion — 1st KMC Regiment Returns to Division — 38th Parallel Recrossed by Marines — Renewal of Division’s CAS Problems
11. 11.CHAPTER VI The CCF Spring Offensive — Prisoners Reveal Date of Offensive — Hwachon Occupied by KMC Regiment — CCF Breakthrough Exposes Marine Flank — Marine Air in Support Everywhere — Plugging the Gap on the Marine Left — Repulse of Communist Attacks — Withdrawal to the Kansas Line — Enemy Stopped in IX Corps Sector — 1st Marine Division Returns to X Corps
12. 12.CHAPTER VII Advance to the Punchbowl — Plan to Cut Off Communists — Initial Marine Objectives Secured — MAG-12 Moves to K-46 at Hoengsong — Fight of the 5th Marines for Hill 610 — 1st MAW in Operation STRANGLE — KMC Regiment Launches Night Attack — 1st Marines Moves Up to BROWN Line — 7th Marines Committed to the Attack
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII The Truce Talks at Kaesong — Communists Ask for Truce Talks — Patrol Bases on BADGER Line — Red Herrings at Kaesong — 1st Marine Division in Reserve — Marine Helicopters Take the Lead — Marine Body Armor Tested in Korea — MAG-12 Moves to K-18 — The Division Back in Action Again
14. 14.CHAPTER IX Renewal of the Attack — Crossing the Soyang in Flood — Light Resistance at First — Supply Problems Cause Delay — Resumption of Division Attack — The Mounting Problem of CAS — First Helicopter Supply Operation of History — The Fight for Hill 749 — 5th Marines Attack Hill 812 — The Struggle for the “Rock”
15. 15.CHAPTER X The New Warfare of Position — Sectors of Major EUSAK Units — Statement by General Van Fleet — Hill 854 Secured by 3/1 — Helicopter Troop Lift to Hill 884 — Helicopter Operation BLACKBIRD — Marine Operations of November 1951 — The Second Marine Christmas in Korea
16. 16.CHAPTER XI Winter Operations in East Korea — Ambush Patrol on New Year’s Eve — Marine Raid in Company Strength — Major General John T. Selden Assumes Command — Boot, Combat, Rubber, Insulated — 500 Armored Vests Flown to Korea — Helicopter Operations MULETRAIN and CHANGIE-CHANGIE — The Five Days of Operation CLAM-UP
17. 17.CHAPTER XII The Move to West Korea — Tactical Innovations — The Marines in Operation MIXMASTER — Operations of Fifteen Months in Retrospect
18. 18.APPENDIX A Glossary of Technical Terms and Abbreviations
19. 19.APPENDIX B Effective Strength of 1st Marine Division
20. 20.APPENDIX C Command and Staff List December 1950-March 1952 1st Marine Division
21. 21.APPENDIX D Unit Citations
22. 22.Bibliography — DOCUMENTS — OTHER SOURCES
23. 23.Index
24. 24.Transcriber’s Notes

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