Contents
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I Interlude at Masan 1
Return to the Bean Patch―1st Marine Division in EUSAK
Reserve―General Ridgway New EUSAK Commander―
Ridgway’s Declaration of Faith―Marine Personnel and
Equipment Shortages―Marine Air Squadrons in Action―The Air
Force System of Control―X Corps Conference at Kyongju
II The CCF January Offensive 21
UN Forces Give Ground―Further Eighth Army Withdrawals―
Marine Aircraft in the Battle―1st Marine Division Assigned
Mission―Replacements by Air and Sea―The Move to Japanese
Airfields―Red China’s “ Hate America” Campaign―A Tactical
Formula for Victory
III The Pohang Guerrilla Hunt 41
The New Marine Zone of Operations―1st MAW Moves to
Bofu―Marine Rice Paddy Patrols―Operations THUNDERBOLT
and ROUNDUP―Action in the Pohang- Andong Zone―KMC
Regiment Joins 1st Marine Division―10th NKPA Division
Scattered―New Mission for the Marines
IV Operation KILLER 59
The Move to the Chungju Area―Marine Planes in Action―
Planning for the New Operation―The Jump- Off on 21
February―Stiffening of Chinese Resistance―General Smith in
Command of IX Corps―The Advance to Phase Line ARIZONA―
JOC Air Control System Criticised
V Operation RIPPER 79
Light Resistance the First Day―Seoul Abandoned by Enemy―
Second Phase of the Operation―Changes in 1st MAW Units―
General MacArthur Visits Marine Battalion―1st KMC Returns to
Division―38th Parallel Recrossed by Marines―Renewal of
Division’s CAS Problems
VI The CCF Spring Offensive 99
Prisoners Reveal Date of Offensive―Hwachon Occupied by
KMC Regiment―CCF Breakthrough Exposes Marine Flank―
Marine VIII Air in Support Everywhere―Plugging the Gap on the
Marine Left―Repulse of Communist Attacks―Withdrawal to the
KANSAS Line―Enemy Stopped in IX Corps Sector―1st Marine
Division Returns to X Corps
VII Advance to the Punchbowl 127
Plan to Cut Off Communists―Initial Marine Objectives
Secured―MAG- 12 Moves to K- 46 at Hoengsong―Fight of the
5th Marines for Hill 610―1st MAW in Operation STRANGLE―KMC
Regiment Launches Night Attack―1st Marines Move up to
BROWN Line―7th Marines Committed to Attack
VIII The Truce Talks at Kaesong 153
Communists Ask for Truce Talks―Patrol Bases on BADGER
Line―Red Herrings at Kaesong―1st Marine Division in
Reserve―Marine Helicopters Take the Lead―Marine Body
Armor Tested in Korea―MAG- 12 Moves to K- 18―The Division
Back in Action Again
IX Renewal of the Attack 173
Crossing the Soyang in Flood―Light Resistance at First―
Supply Problems Cause Delay―Resumption of Division
Attack―The Mounting Problem of CAS―First Helicopter Supply
Operation of History―The Fight for Hill 749―5th Marines Attack
Hill 812―The Struggle for the “ Rock”
X The New Warfare of Position 199
Sectors of Major EUSAK Units―Statement by General Van
Fleet―Hill 854 Secured by 3/ 1―Helicopter Troop Lift to Hill
884―Helicopter Operation BLACKBIRD―“ To Organize,
Construct, and Defend” ―Marine Operations of November
1951―The Second Marine Christmas in Korea
XI Winter Operations in East Korea 227
Ambush Patrol on New Year’s Eve―Marine Raid in Company
Strength―Major General John T. Selden Assumes Command―
Boot, Combat, Rubber, Insulated―500 Armored Vests Flown to
Korea―Helicopter Operations MULE TRAIN and CHANGIE- CHANGIE―The Five Days of Operation CLAM- UP
XII The Move to West Korea 247
Truce Talks―Tactical Innovations―The Marines in Operation
MIXMASTER―Operations of Fifteen Months in Retrospect IX
Appendixes
A Glossary of Technical Terms and Abbreviations 263
B Effective Strength of 1st Marine Division 267
C Command and Staff List 269
D Unit Citations 315
Bibliography 319
Index 325
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