50 years ago today - 28 July 1950

[Ed Evanhoe <ede@oio.net>]

July 28, 1950

By early morning the North Koreans had penetrated 1st Battalion, 27th 
positions at Hwanggan and the 27th was ordered to withdraw through 1st 
Cavalry Division positions are return to 25th Division control.

Meanwhile, "B" and "D" Companies, 29th Infantry were under attack by 
superior enemy forces at Anui.  They tried to withdraw to high ground 
across the Nam River but only 2 officers and 16 men made it before North 
Korean troops slammed the exit door.  The remainder of the two units 
engaged in street fighting until around midnight and then, those who could, 
slipped into the hills and tried to walk to safety.  Approximately half of 
the two companies were either killed or missing in this battle.

At Chinju the surviving 354 officers and men, including walking wounded, of 
the 3rd Battalion, 29th were reorganized into "K" & "L" Companies.  "K" 
Company was attached to the 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry, and "L" Company 
to the 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry.  The 1st Battalion, 19th relocated to 
Kuho-ri about 10 miles south of Chinju to block a secondary road from Hadong.

Considering the fight at Anui to be a "small battle," main North Korean 
forces turned north toward 34th Regiment positions at Koch'ang.

Ed Evanhoe, PO Box 916, Antlers, OK, 74523
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