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who were the first to arrive at Wawon, after the Turks mistook the South Koreans for Chinese. 125 South Koreans were taken prisoner and many of them were slaughtered by the Turks. The event was wrongly reported in U.S. and European media as a Turkish victory over the Chinese and even after news
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and was first commanded by Lt. Col. Lee Hyong Kun. The unit was initially assigned to the 1st Brigade in December 1947 and was later reassigned to the 6th Division when it was activated in May 1949. On June 25, 1950, the 6th Division took part in the
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to withdraw south. Before it could do so, however, it needed supplies, which were airdropped on the twenty-eighth. As the 7th Regiment headed south the following morning, it ran into an enemy roadblock about twenty miles south of
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Infantry Divisions were shattered units that would need extensive rest and refitting to recover combat effectiveness.
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leaked out about the truth to the Americans, no efforts were made by the media to retract the story.
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The 2nd Infantry Regiment was originally activated as the 2nd Regiment on February 28, 1946, at
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On 26 November 1950, a column of retreating South Korean soldiers of the ROKA 6th and
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After the Chinese intervention and attacks in November 1950, the U.S.
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The 6th Division, meeting little opposition and traveling fast up the
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105mm howitzers of the 6th Infantry Division's Artillery Brigade
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On October 25, in the ROK II Corps sector, the 3d Battalion,
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valley, reached Huichon, nearly sixteen miles north of
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Republic of Korea Army
V Corps
Cheorwon County
Gangwon Province
Battle honours
Korean War
Kim Jong-oh
Chang Do-yong
Korean
Hanja
Republic of Korea Army
7th Infantry Brigade

7th
19th
Taejon
Battle of Chuncheon
II Corps
Seoul
Seoul
Taejon
Battle of Pusan Perimeter
Chongchon River
Kujang-dong
Onjong
Huich'on
7th Regiment
Chosan
Yalu River

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