50 years ago today -- 7 Sep 1950

[Ed Evanhoe <ede@oio.net>]

September 7, 1950

In the 7th Cavalry sector, "G" Company safely withdraws from Hill 464 and 
rejoins the 2nd Battalion at Hill 380.  Once the battalion was together, it 
withdrew southwest into the 5th Cavalry Regiment sector.  That night the 
7th Cavalry, minus its 1st Battalion which is attached to the 5th Cavalry 
Regiment, is ordered into division reserve at Taegu.  Meanwhile the 1st 
Cavalry Division and the 1st ROK Division are ordered to retake Ka-san.

At dawn the 21st Infantry, 24th Division, attacked up the Kyongju-Yongch'on 
road, meeting almost no resistance.   The attack was halted about noon 
after gaining several miles.  A ROK battalion relieved the 21st which 
returned to its former positions just northwest of Kyongju.

Throughout the previous week, North Korean artillery and mortars, along 
with infantry probes, had continued in the P'il-bong, Battle Mountain and 
Sobuk Mountain area at the south end of the 24th Infantry, 25th Division 
sector.  The probing attacks had been turned back but early in the morning 
of the 7th a battalion-sized North Korean attack drove ROK and American 
defenders from Battle Mountain. The 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry was 
ordered to retake the lost ground.

Ed Evanhoe, PO Box 916, Antlers, OK, 74523
Author:  DARKMOON: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War
Member:  American Society of Journalists and Authors
Life Member: Special Forces & Special Operations Associations
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