50 yers ago today - 15 July 1950

[Ed Evanhoe <ede@oio.net>]

July 15, 1950

At approximately 6 a.m. the 1100 or so men remaining of 21st left their 
assembly area at Taejon for Okch'on (10 miles east of Taejon) on the 
Seoul-Pusan highway.  Headquarters set up at Okch'on while the 1st 
Battalion set up positions astride the main highway about half way between 
Okch'on and Taejon.  Meanwhile at Taep'yong-ni the 19th Infantry things 
were relatively quiet until just before dusk when small groups of North 
Koreans began wading across the Kum at various locations.  Some made it, 
others did not but the flow continued throughout the night.

Ed Evanhoe, PO Box 916, Antlers, OK, 74523-0916
Author: DARKMOON: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War
Life Member: Special Forces & Special Operations Associations
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