Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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H, Men stand by 50 cal rnachlne gun while otiicer searches for Sfc. Charles Jankowski and Cpl. James H. Clark inspect enemy weapons enemy positions Ieh behind, be . f - .df 'K - 1. 555451 Hunting down a sniper First Chinese to fight the UN Forces in Korea. eight days after the 17 September landing at Inchon. This frigid War seemed near its end. Two nights later the Chinese offensive was unleashed. During the next five days, youngsters were to become seasoned fighting men. Many were to become heroes. Many more were to die in the freezing cold they had learned to hate. This offensive marked the beginning of one of the most brutal and intensive battles in the Korean campaign. For the newcomers, not yet used to Members of light machine gun Bn. blast enemy held positions.

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,Juv- 1 1 North of Seoul-GI's cleaning weapons during break. A ., ,, 5 3 , 3 .Z 2, W-if! A lone GI advances 'lowurds the border. , i ii A lf! To the north, the 17th Infantry Regiment had speared a drive through Pungsan and Kapsan and entered the key Yalu River city of Hyesanjin four days before. It was one of the few units to reach the Yalu and spirits in the Bayonet Division were high. A three battalion task force of the Division had also moved to the eastern shore of the Chosin Reservoir and was settling back for a brief rest. That was on 25 November, 1950--two months and il ' ' i N -f i ' K f 4 .. it all s . !Ell ' rl f ' X 4 9 V, ,, , - V ! ii 6 Z: Xxx M ,U X 4 K? NX si d -I 65pnD5f i if 9' -ff i fum -' - g. -- - f e ...fi ' ---l.i-I .-X F? ' ' . - ig1f 'i' Hey fellows, how about giving me that ol' grim and determined look?

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Machine gun emplacement overlooking a bridge. War, it was a nightmare. For the old timers of the 7th- the men who had done battle in the Pacific during World War II, fighting their Way through some of its most rugged campaigns-it was a new experienceg an intro- duction to a new kind of Warfare characterized by gong-ringing, bugle-blaring, screaming, fanatical at- tackers. This was the terrifying kind of war invented by the Chinese Commies. Thus the cheering prediction from MacArthur's head- Jeep carrying ammunition breaks through sniper fire. XM, .4 ' ' 41. T- ' -W V '13,-..,g,s,' wg., .-we 1 ,K V 'fi' - mf-Lifkjg - aj an , , M 1 fi K I , wif 2 J 4 Ur N x f I V , in s -5 H .Br-W' 4' in if W ' uf 4 hi-4 A f 'fly -X at-4 v fi k K 'iv' ii'-' Wfvf. 'f M 'Q i ' -, A ' YW ' A 'Q f,-I ' sv, l-'.:vQ Q. .n imief ' Q. , :'f+u.g.fTffw,4v. 2 WT1- -t Q W,fi.f,Y,-,1i,s.v Cpl. Francis James carries an aged crippled South Korean