East Of Chosin Entrapment And Breakout In Korea 1950 Volume 2 – Roy Edgar Appleman (1)

In his discussion with Smith, Barr is said to have agreed that Faith could improve his situation and probably succeed in a breakout effort with strong Marine air support.18 That morning at his CP, General Almond had received from his staff, and especially from Col. Edward H. Forney, USMC, a frightening account of the Chinese roadblocks and attacks on the MSR to the reservoir. The report heightened Almond’s concern about the danger to the 31st RCT. Pursuant to MacArthur’s instructions to abandon offensive action in the Chosin area and concentrate the corps, Almond had issued the X Corps Instruction No. 19 ordering the 1st Marine Division to redeploy one regiment immediately from Yudam-ni to Hagaru-ri and gain contact with the 31st RCT.19 Upon arriving at Hagaru-ri, Almond at 2:10 P.M.

began a conference with his commanders in the joined pyramidal tents that had been erected at the airstrip. His main purpose was to impress them with his views in the changed situation.20 Almond told the assembled group, which included Generals Smith, Barr, and Hodes and Colonels Williams and Forney, that the corps would abandon the Chosin Reservoir area and that all the troops would be concentrated immediately in the Hagaru-ri area.

Once concentrated there, they would be withdrawn to the coast. Almond not only was acting to carry out MacArthur’s instructions to him but also showed genuine alarm at recent events at the reservoir. He was an entirely different man from the one who had visited his troops there two days earlier. He knew now that the survival of X Corps itself was at stake.

He told Smith that he would resupply him by air if he felt it was necessary to burn or destroy some supplies and equipment to hasten withdrawal to the coast. He stressed the need for speedy action. Smith responded that he felt that there would be no need for destruction of supplies and equipment and that he would need everything he had to fight his way to the coast.

He said that the care and evacuation of the wounded would be the biggest obstacle to a speedy withdrawal. Almond ordered Smith and Barr to prepare a plan and a time schedule for getting the Army units east of the reservoir withdrawn to Hagaru-ri.21 No transcript or record was made of the November 30 command conference at Hagaru-ri.

An entry in Almond’s diary concerning the conference reads as follows: 1410- Conference with Generals Smith, Barr, Hodes and Colonels Williams and Forney on the present situation. CG X Corps stressed the urgency of withdrawing the 5th and 7th Marine Regiments to Hagaru-ri immediately and ordering Generals Barr and Smith to submit a plan for the withdrawals of the elements of the 31st and 32nd Infantry Regiments from the present position east of the lake to Hagaru-ri.

1 The War in Korea, November, 1950 3 2 Army Troops Assemble at Chosin Reservoir 12 3 The Army Occupies the Marines’ Forward Position 44 4 The Enemy at Chosin: What Was KnownThe Unknown 50 The First Night, November 27-28 57 6 The Next Day, November 28 99 7 The Second Night, November 28-29 123 8 The 31st Regimental Combat Team Consolidates at the Inlet 133 9 Captain Drake’s Second Tank Attack, November 29 157 io The 2nd Battalion, 31st Infantry, Fails to Arrive 16o 11 MacArthur Calls a Conference, November 28 168 12 The Third Night-Task Force Faith at the Inlet 172 13 Withdrawal from Hudong-ni to Hagaru-ri 183 14 The Fourth Night at the Inlet, November 3o-December 1 188 i5 Breakout from the Inlet Perimeter, December 1 195 16 The First Blown Bridge 225 17 The Chinese Block at Hill 1221 233 18 The Chinese Destroy the Convoy 257 19 Those Who Escaped to Hagaru-ri 278 20 The Question of a Relief Force 293 21 American and Enemy Losses 300 22 Could Task Force Faith Have Been Saved?

305 23 Epilogue 330 APPENDIXES A Contrasts in Factors Affecting the 1st Marine Division and the Army 31st RCT at Chosin 336 B 31st RCT Organization Chart, November 27, 1950 341 C 31st RCT, Estimated Strength, November 27, 1950 342 D Strength of 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry, Hagaru-ri, December 4, 1950 344 E Number of Enlisted Men for Duty, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry, November-December, 1950 344 F Command and Staff, 31st RCT, at Chosin 345 NOW 347 Bibliographical Note 391 Index 395 OceanofPDF.com Hagaru-ri, at the South End of Chosin Reservoir Typical Terrain: Dirt Road, Rice Paddies, Mountains The Treacherous Road Up Funchilin Pass Lt.

Col. Don C. Faith, Jr., on Maneuvers in Japan Capt. Robert F. Haynes and Maj. Wesley J. Curtis Lt. James O. Mortrude Col. James G. Campbell in 1978 Col. Allan D. MacLean and Lt. Col. Don C. Faith, Jr. Principal Staff Officers, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Officers, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry, 7th Division Looking North over the North End of Chosin Reservoir Col. Crosby P. Miller in 1966 Looking North over Pungnyuri-gang Inlet Capt. Robert E. Jones Capt. Edward P. Stamford Stamford’s TACP Members First Lt.

Raymond Vaudreaux First Lt. Hugh R.

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