Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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this deadly strip. The Chinese opened fire and the truck column was swept with lead. Trapped, the column answered the fire. It was a frustrating pitch-battle, for the battalion's objective, the remaining perimeter of MacLean's task force, was now just across the ice and not much farther than a mile away by the longer route along the road. Then gunfire began to riddle the column from the friendly units across the icy sliver to the east. Convinced that the force across the ice was mistaking them for Chinese, MacLean headed out into the open ice patch to make contact with his men and stop the fire. Faith, meanwhile, directed two more companies to cross a high hill directly north of the ice strip, encircle the roadblock and take it from side and rear. As the com- panies pulled out on their assignment they watched in horror as MacLean, crossing the flat, unprotected ice finger, was hit again and again by gunfire from the Buddies aid a wounded man after u battle. 'sit 1 we -AQ , . WP 7 'S-.ff R' ,I adfwf' 1 A? is essi ,ff

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Wi . 'A ,- fl ., Y A HMQQXEMQ N , , . U 1 + V A A f Q nf. A5 .W Lieutenant General Edward M. Almond and inspecting officers look over were caught off-guard by this spur-of-the-moment at- tack. Actually they were preparing a company-sized attack on positions of the 57th Field Artillery Bat- talion When Faith and his men hit them from the rear. The Chinese attack fell apart as the Colonel rushed the bank and cut down sixty Reds. The two rifle companies had successfully crossed the hiH back on the other dde of the ice and novv opened fire on the roadblock. Surrounded, the roadblock force Pvt. Joseph Bilieb and Pvt. Paul Senn enioy a hot breakfast at division headquarters. ff' N r r-foxy if-A . 'ts .. I men and equipment during full-field inspection near the front lines. me f u z 'rx sf.- 0 W. 4 J . , . I if A A Korean boy examines one of the Chinese self-propelled guns which was knocked out by the UN Forces in Korea.