Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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Effie? 4 gi? Weary Infantrymen glad of a chance to rest on a roadside after taking an obiective. Probing patrols came first, drawing fire from a pla- toon along the road. Lieutenant Smith, suspecting that the enemy force was really a reconnaissance patrol sent to spot specific American positions, tried to stop the fire. He dashed up and down the line yelling: Don't fire! Don't fire! When the gunfire had finally faded, the Commies were back in their shade of darkness. Meantime the entire line was alive with the sharp crack of rifle fire. The Reds were pulling the same stunt all along the defense perimeter. A few minutes after midnight the full attack came. One Chinese company struck south along the road and another came shrieking out of the darkness in the east to hit the boundary between the two rifle companies that were east of the road. The defense perimeter burst alive with gunfire. Steady mortar and small arms fire ripped into Colonel Faith's battalion. The Chinese had WO fig! Robert J. Underdonk stands guard over a ieep with three captives. Cpl. Wilbur D. Metcalfe, driver, had to stop to permit the pas sage of advancing ROK Regiment. dvr -n., .- N m W bail? , . , . 'X . r 2 X m, wx'

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.w.4i ' ff' ,ff me A 'NHC hifi' Q 'L M Pfc. Samuel K. Solomon, Jr. writes a letter to the folks hack home. Sgt. James E. Davis HJ fuses an explosive as Cpl. Henry Gorzel places it in hole and connects wires. hills. Colonel Faith dropped back and set up his com- mand post among a few farmhouses in a small valley less than a thousand yards behind the front lines. It got dark early. For the first hour or two after dark, the night was punctuated with the dull thud of bursting shells around the perimeter. The forward observers had not completed the registration of artillery and mortar defense fires be- fore dark and had to finish up the job. Then it grew quiet. For another hour or two, until after 2100, the hills were silent. Back at the command post, Colonel Faith had called a meeting of the company commanders and it was in progress. Lieutenant Cecil G. Smith, executive officer of Com- pany A, was quietly checking his outfit which had dug in near the road. Then all hell started breaking loose. General Douglas MacArthur prepares to board plane during one of his many trips to the fighting front.

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