The maps contained in this volume, as in the previous ones, have been prepared by the Reproduction Section, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia. The advice of officers of the Current History Branch of the Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, has also been of aid in the preparation of these pages.
E. W. SNEDEKER _Major General, U. S. Marine Corps,_ _Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3._
Decision to Cross the 38th Parallel--Surrender Message to NKPA Forces--MacArthur’s Strategy of Celerity--Logistical Problems of Advance--Naval Missions Prescribed--X Corps Relieved at Seoul--Joint Planning for Wonsan Landing
ROK Army Captures Wonsan--Marine Loading and Embarkation--Two Weeks of Mine Sweeping--Operation Yo-Yo--Marine Air First at Objective--MacArthur Orders Advance to Border--Landing of 1st Marine Division
1/1 Sent to Kojo--Marine Positions in Kojo Area--The All-Night Fight of Baker Company--2/1 Ordered to Kojo--Security Provided for Wonsan Area--Marines Relieved at Kojo
Marines Units Tied in for Defense--Political Aspects of Mission--Roads Patrolled by Rifle Companies--Air Drop of Supplies Requested--First Attack on Perimeter--KMC Battalion Sent to Majon-ni--Movement of 1st Marines to Chigyong
Chinese in X Corps Zone--Introducing the New Enemy--Communist Victory in Civil War--Organization of the CCF--The Chinese Peasant as a Soldier--CCF Arms and Equipment--Red China’s “Hate America” Campaign--CCF Strategy and Tactics
The MSR from Hungnam to Yudam-ni--ROKs Relieved by 7th Marines--CCF Counterattack at Sudong--Two Marine Battalions Cut Off--End of NKPA Tank Regiment--The Fight for How Hill--Disappearance of CCF Remnants--Koto-ri Occupied by 7th Marines
Attacks on Wonsan-Hungnam MSR--Appraisals of the New Enemy--The Turning Point of 15 November--Changes in X Corps Mission--Marine Preparations for Trouble--Supplies Trucked to Hagaru--Confidence of UN Command--Marine Concentration on MSR
Marine Attack on 27 November--Marine Disposition Before CCF Attack--The Battle of Northwest Ridge--Chinese Seize Hill 1403--Fighting at 3/5’s CP--The Battle of North Ridge
Encirclement of Company C of RCT-7--Fox Company at Toktong Pass--Marine Counterattacks on North Ridge--Second Night’s Attacks on Fox Hill--Not Enough Tents for Casualties--The Turning Point of 30 November