Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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Troops of A Co., 223rd Inf. Regt., 40th U. S. Inf. Div. are the last to leave Heartbreak as they start their trek downward from the well-known ridge control. An hour later the lst Battalion and the 2nd Battalion of the 32nd Regiment crossed the departure line again. The 32nd Regiment had assumed control of the operation. Once again the units faced stiff resistance by the staunch Chinese forces but they inched ahead through a rain of shell fire and by 2300 that night both battalions Were consolidating their advances. The lst had battled its Way into the Sandy Ridge area and there was holding the line. The 2nd was on the side of Hill 598 and digging in to hold its new gains. Grit- ting their teeth, the men of both battalions withstood a terrific night-long battery of mortar and artillery fire and fought doggedly against the enemy bunker posi- tions which were deep, Well-prepared and almost im- possible to dislodge. Reinforced by an estimated two platoons, the Chinese launched a terrific counterattack at 0500 hours on 16 October, preceded by intensified mortar and artillery barrages. The two battalions held A wounded man on litter ieep is given blood plasma

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Secretary of Defense, Wilson, as he departs offer a VlSlf to forward C P urea 3 . fax Hill Jane Russell and Sandy Ridge. Nicknamed Show- down, the operation began at 0600 hours on 14 Oc- tober when two battalions of the 31st Infantry Regi- ment crossed the line of departure. An intense, close- range battle followed, raging throughout the day until 2235 hours when intense mortar and artillery fire caused the two units to pull back to the MLR. The following morning at 0930 the lst Battalion of the 32nd was attached to the 31st Regiment for operational

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