Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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Pvt. Thomas Proctor, Jr. drills holes in rock prior to blasting, as roadway is widened in Punchbowl Pass, Korea. - A, . .-nts' -4' n as wa 4? We Prime movers and vehicles of the UN Troops rumble through snow toward the front lines. During Operation Chief in the Korean hills, Cpl. Erasmus J. Broomfield and Pfc. Lonnie L. Swilley keep up communications. 1 is 5 q v Q i

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tix H ' iii. 4 Korean laborers enioy a few moments rest while carrying supplies and equipment. 2nd Lt. Gloria Taite, flight nurse, checks patient as brought aboard plane for transfer to hospital. he is On 1 January, 1951, we began to move again, still Weary from the Chosin battle. This time the 7th was assigned to the eastern central mountain front in the Chechon-Tanyang-Chungju area. The 17th Regiment had the gruelling task of patrolling and blocking posi- tions in the vicinity of Chechon. The 31st Was in the Yonju-Punggi sector, later moving to Tanyang, and the 32nd was in the Yangyang area. This was no easy job since the units daily patrolled extensively in this moun- tainous and razorlike ridge country where roads were non-existent. Here, the main job was to dislodge and Wipe out the remaining elements of the 2nd and 10th North Korean Divisions. To cope with this ticklish job, battalion-size attacks were employed and Within three Weeks the Division had eliminated the last of the enemy pockets of resistance. Meanwhile, UN forces bolstered and headed back into battle in an attempt to drive back north and establish ground Where the Reds had success- fully gained control in their counter-move the month before. Panorama of Chinese Communist territory seen from observation post at Co. I 2nd Bn., 'l13rd Infantry Regiment, 40th U. S. Infantry Division. J .- Wi or Ml' 1' wwe

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wr Qfwm L -f ff' W to W Q Men of the 40th U S Inf Dlv relax on thelr hunks which they mode out of ammunition boxes and rope Flrlng on the enemy from station located between mum lme of resistance and outpost station Seurchllghts cut the darkness as they probe for signs of the enemy