Re: Timeline 1950

["swan" <swan@haysco.net>]

I think the best, and most accurate history is that which was written while
it was being made. The best place to find this is in the archives of
newspaper offices. All other accounts are usually simply the impressions of
those who call themselves historians.

Bob Dove






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From: "InJung Yang" <flowerpiggy@msn.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: Timeline 1950


> hello, as u know im working on the histroy project...
> i was wondering if u can send me the copy where everything is good and
> corrected because i need to know order to put the information in my
project
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> >From: Ed Evanhoe <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>
> >Reply-To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
> >To: korean-war-l@UKANS.EDU, korean-war-l@UKANS.EDU
> >Subject: Timeline 1950
> >Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 08:45:40 -0600
> >
> >The following is a scratch timeline for 1950.  I'll be posting this, plus
> >1951, 1952 & 1953 timelines on KOREAN-WAR.COM so students can get a
better
> >idea of the Korean War battle chronology.  Would appreciate additions to
> >andcorrections feedback from list members to this and following timelines
> >
> >Ed
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> >KOREAN WAR TIMELINE 1950
> >June 25
> >North Korea invades South Korea with 135,000 men, initiating the Korean
> >War.
> >June 27
> >President Harry S. Truman deploys the 7th Fleet to waters off Taiwan to
> >prevent the spread of the conflict in Korea to other Far East waters.
> >June 27
> >First air victory of the war. A 68th All-Weather Squadron F-82 shoots
down
> >a North Korean Yak fighter. Two more enemy planes are destroyed in this
air
> >battle.
> >June 29
> >Fifth Air Force's 3rd Bombardment Group sends 18 B-26 Invader light
bombers
> >against Heijo Airfield near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang: 25
enemy
> >aircraft are destroyed on the ground; one Yak fighter is shot down.
> >July 1
> >First U.S. infantry unit arrives in Korea: 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry
> >Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. Along with Battery A of the 52nd Field
> >Artillery Battalion, it comprises Task Force Smith.
> >July 2
> >Off Chumunjin, on Korea's east coast, the USS Juneau helps destroy three
of
> >four attacking North Korean torpedo boats.
> >July 5
> >Battle of Osan. First U.S. ground action of the war: Task Force Smith
(406
> >infantrymen and 134 artillerymen) engages and delays advancing North
Korean
> >People's Army (NKPA) units.
> >July 6
> >Fifty-seven Army nurses arrive in Pusan, Korea. They helped establish a
> >hospital for the wounded. Two days later, on July 8, twelve Army nurses
> >moved forward with a mobile Army surgical hospital (MASH) to Taejon.
> >Aug. 4 -
> >Sept. 16
> >84,478 U.S. troops participate in the defense of the Pusan Perimeter,
> >including the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd, 24th, and 25th
> >Infantry Divisions, and the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade.
> >Sept. 15
> >Inchon Landing (Operation CHROMITE). U.S. and allied forces land U.S.
> >Marines and U.S. Army troops at Inchon.
> >Sept. 15-30
> >Inchon Operation and Liberation of Seoul. U.S. and allies re-capture
Seoul
> >on Sept. 27 after a week of fighting.
> >Sept. 16-27
> >Pusan Perimeter breakout. Eighth U.S. Army (EUSA) breaks out of the Pusan
> >Perimeter. Four U.S. divisions (1st Cavalry Division, 2nd, 24th and 25th
> >Infantry Divisions) participate.
> >Oct 20
> >War's first airborne operation. Seventy-one C-119s and 40 C-47s of the
Far
> >East Air Force's (FEAF) Combat Cargo Command drop 2,860 paratroopers of
the
> >187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (RCT) at Sukch'on and Sunch'on
north
> >of Pyongyang. Only one trooper killed and 36 injured in jump.
Paratroopers,
> >in association with ground forces driving north, kill or capture about
> >6,000 North Koreans during this operation.
> >Oct. 25
> >Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launch their first phase offensive of the
> >Korean War.
> >Nov. 8
> >First all-jet combat in history. An F-80 Shooting Star of the 51st
Fighter
> >Interceptor Wing shoots down a MiG-15 fighter near Sinuiju in a 30-second
> >dogfight.
> >Nov. 8-26
> >FEAF B-29s and Navy aircraft attack Yalu River bridges in attempt to
> >isolate the battlefield.
> >Nov. 25 - Dec. 15
> >CCF Counteroffensive in North Korea. Seven U.S. divisions participate
(1st
> >Marine Division, U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 24th
and
> >25th Infantry Divisions).
> >Nov. 27 - Dec. 9
> >Battle of the Changjin (Chosin) Reservoir. The encircled 1st Marine
> >Division fights its way southward from the Chosin Reservoir to the port
> >city of Hungnam.
> >Dec. 24
> >Hungnam Operation is complete--the U.S. Navy evacuates 105,000 U.S. and
> >Republic of Korea (ROK) forces.
> >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
> >Web site:  http://www.korean-war.com
>
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