Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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ji 92 f nfl An enemy soldier waves a flag of truce and sur- renders to UN soldier. -Cpl. John Kowalski lakes a lip from the Korean people in laundering his clolhes. .DHHS Members of a recoilless rifle team fire away, as observer covers his ears. .4 I., ,M mg.

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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.

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Elements ot the 17th RCI' regroup by their vehicles utter patrolling the town of Chunch-on without u mishap. abandoned its hold on the road and took to the protec- tive cover of the hills. With the road open, the column of vehicles entered the perimeter of friendly forces. Colonel Faith, unable to find any trace of Colonel Mac- Lean, assumed command of the remaining personnel and organized the entire force into a defense group. By now, the issue was questionable. The road behind was strewn with officers and commanders. Faith and his men were contained in a defense perimeter some 600 by 2,000 yards, around a sweeping slope which was par- ticularly vulnerable to attack. Hagard from two days and nights of relentless attack and counterattack, ice freezing in their beards, the men prepared to fight for their lives. Rations were almost gone and ammunition and gasoline supplies had been eaten up by the constant fighting and the forced retreat the night before. The defense area was littered with dead Chinese. One lay stiff in death wearing an American field jacket. The