Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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Q Q ff 1 A ,W K. f S Q 5 he BAR team of the new French Bn. UN Forces sets up a position on the Kumgong-Ni Electric R.R. Tanks moving up to provide fire support for lnfantrymen. Observation flight to determine the best route for a pole line and to chart possible routes for roads. M

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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 By 20 December, the 17th had successfully withdrawn to Hungnam and was evacuated from the infamous American Dunkirk.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

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fa Prisoners-of-war receive immunization shots upon arrival ai POW camp. Replacements debark from flue railroad cars and prepare io move foward 1l1e front lines