Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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and left with a full cargo of dead and wounded. Men sat along the airstrips in stunned silence, blood frozen to their uniforms and skin, frostbite pink on their faces and hands. To the north, the proud 17th Regiment was ordered to withdraw from Hagaru-ri on 5 December. They had to battle their way back to evacuation points through overwhelming forces of the enemy. It was a bitter fight for the 17th, a regiment long in tradition and glory which went back to Fredericksburg, Gettysburg and Chancellorsville in the Civil War and included Indian campaigns in the 1870s at Clear Creek, Powder River and in the Black Hills. It had taken part in the Philip- pines insurrection fighting the dreaded Moros and in the campaigns of Attu and Kiska, Leyte and finally Oki- nawa, where it spearheaded the drive which cut in half one of the most heavily defended atolls in the Pacific. Victory had always been at the end of the line. Now, f Q ,JR X l'i, ' 3 Q n 1 . i .-1 ,six , ' 2, . PA V 1 Q , , as .s , '-io X K 44 ei-W efsdaevy X aa, -ez- '1'alk about wires all fouled up! M You know .anyone at Fairfax 2991, Kansas City, . e Kama? s LG , ls. ,Rm wittkjll L-:gf .mei ,,,. ,J ,,A, ,,,'ME:,,.., T, f- - M gfSli?ll. '-Q, ,Q A .gi3.,,f2?i:x w??: we-E Nia- if f h Q 5 'K' 'Air' ., w if . A-My ,Agia w 4 A 5-fh,:::'f,l an 35 - -L, 55, K gi-J fulflfwy 5. f1f.f2+1, if .LKOSONG Wifi. rrwatffflfs Wffgisaxq ' +2 e 93W :ffm i E ,7..5S1LiQhgg5M-iigw N1 'TD ,EE-.,.N.1LM,xsL,.. ggsgfiwtifii lp. tgp: Hi' l Sff Aifii??WfilfPYUNGGANG s 1s.:mgFr 4f?iff- ..,a1.w:fi we 4232 1eT1.4s:fw1-.:f-- ' ar? 'ff 551.-'5f? Q.f':::.WSg f i ifi'-fi'YEZ?'F? :' , 1,129 'ai 'ffl V F ?'i 1i. --i . . l fe-:fri - to 1. 'affffii J-by 1'1 'f1--M-f:.rffaeifXf' '.1:'f'ff1 M232 Hi-4 w if -i if '- ?' 'eff 1 sk, gig for .:' .4 65, 1-fur 4.!.H'j',,1L,3f4i,x KUM'-'Wg KAESUNGIQJL -ffali' MJQi,.r2eg5,,gj, '-,gfje 45'.'?i5ff'LLf17 'Q ' urs' . ' 'e,,.,Z',d,.3,'1 ,v ,,. 'cf' , -He f --1 wig tie i! -v- 'uf ,,., . e 1 Q-be 4 - if ' .,,ax,,,. 1 M cr ,,..f '- -if . . H., f f if ,PT ie,, q A rf: n, + seea i d' .1-.,,., -if ..,,. Sizing . va. x,-.,.gX . efea 1 v SEUUL:-A f,1ifife'iE3fi'T,s,f+4aarir4.f , ,,,, . ,I , ,, 1 a at e. Line of contact agreed upon by UN and Communist forces delegates to Military Armistice negotiations on 27 November 51. er' Pvt. Daniel J. Dolan and Pte. Robert A. Mizerek load rounds into an automatic gun. Enemy sighted and disposed of.

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3 1 will Cpl. George Luksberger, Cpl. Harry D. I-lummons, and Pvt. Manual L. Nororiego prepare their supper. after reaching the Yalu, it Was fighting for its very existence and sacrificing the ground which had won it new glory. By 20 December, the 17th had successfully withdrawn to Hungnam and was evacuated from the infamous American Dunkirk. Behind these men, the beach was strewn with dead Americans. One Associated Press correspondent grimly described the burial of the dead while rifle squads held oif the Reds around the edge of this emergency graveyard. A bulldozer rolled 200 bodies into one common grave. On Christmas Day- the day predicted as V-Day only a month before-the last tattered troops were taken out of northern Korea. The retreat of the Eighth Army was complete and 850,000 Chinese swarmed into the vacuum left by the withdrawing UN forces. To the youngsters and oldtimers alike, this tragic defeat left a bitter taste. Our victory had been turned to rout. But there was going to be plenty of time to