50 years ago today - 8 Aug 1950

[Ed Evanhoe <ede@oio.net>]

August 8, 1950

At dawn the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines attacked enemy forces on Fox 
Hill.  This time the attack succeeded and broke through to the trapped 1st 
Battalion, 5th RCT.  Meanwhile the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and elements 
of the 24th Regiment tried without success to reduce the roadblock east of 
Chindong-ni.

In the Naktong Bulge the 9th Infantry arrived and relieved 34th Infantry 
troops fighting on Cloverleaf Hill and Obong-ni Ridge.  That afternoon the 
9th Infantry attacked due west regaining Cloverleaf Hill and Obong-ni Ridge 
but were driven off later that evening by North Korean counterattacks.

During that evening the 15th  North Korean Division waded the Naktong at 
several spots about six miles to the north of the 5th Cavalry Regiment 
positions at Waegwan and moved to the Yuhak Mountain area.  Yuhak Mountain 
is a 2800-foot high peak some 3 miles northwest of the town of Tabu-dong 
which is some 15 miles north-northwest of Taegu.

Ed Evanhoe, PO Box 916, Antlers, OK, 74523
Author: DARKMOON: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War
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