Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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,mi A member of the 17th RCT fires his .30 harassing fire, which had been pretty consistent through- out the day, continued to pepper the battalion perimeter during the first few hours of darkness. It was four hours, however, before the enemy group charged down on the vulnerable areas east of the road. Campbell first knew of this new attack when he heard shouting from the squad ahead of him. A moment later he saw figures rushing down the knoll through the darkness. The lieutenant counted five men and caliber carbine at enemy he has iust spotted. poured a volley into the sixth. The Communist fell dead ten feet from his foxhole. Campbell turned to one of his machine gun crews and barked orders to move to an- other position where it could get set up a crossfire into the area deserted by the squad. Then he felt a hammer- hard blow in the face and reeled away from his gun. Although he felt no pain, a mortar fragment had ripped through his cheek and lodged in the roof of his mouth. He crawled back to his gun and his crews opened up Korean laborers carry supplies up a dusty mountain road to troops at their post. M1 saga-,,r-ang, e. ' wa- fa 1 'ii.l '5..1' VVWWU ' ' ' was

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the battle-entangled battalion to observe the action in person. As he prepared to return that evening, however, he was trapped at a Chinese roadblock. Fighting his way back to Colonel Faith's headquarters he grimly an- nounced that the enemy had surrounded his position. There was no alternative but to remain at the forward position. By nightfall, Moore had managed to recover most of the ground around the strategic knob. But now a new threat faced the beleaguered battalion. Faith and Mac- Lean knew that the Chinese would repeat the sangui- nary performance of the night before and attack in full force under cover of darkness. The knob gained added importance. Lieutenant James G. Campbell, a platoon leader in Company D, set up two machine guns aimed at the knob. A live-man squad was between the guns and the Red position but Campbell knew it could never hold a concentrated Red attack from the hill. Enemy A 57-mm reeoilless rifle team hits its target. r i

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