U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 4 (of 5) / The East-Central Front

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CCF 5th PHASE OFFENSIVE
1 st STEP 22 APRIL 2 d STEP 16 MAY
by LYNN MONTROSS MAJOR HUBARD D. KUOKKA, USMC and MAJOR NORMAN W. HICKS, USMC
Historical Branch, G-3 Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps Washington, D. C., 1962
Preceding Volumes of U. S. Marine Operations in Korea Volume I, “The Pusan Perimeter” Volume II, “The Inchon-Seoul Operation” Volume III, “The Chosin Reservoir Campaign”
Library of Congress Catalogue Number: 55-60727
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C.—Price $2.25 (cloth)
Americans everywhere will remember the inspiring conduct of Marines during Korean operations in 1950. As the fire brigade of the Pusan Perimeter, the assault troops at Inchon, and the heroic fighters of the Chosin Reservoir campaign, they established a record in keeping with the highest traditions of their Corps. No less praiseworthy were the Marine actions during the protracted land battles of 1951, the second year of the Korean “police action.”
The 1st Marine Division, supported wherever possible by the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, helped stem the flood of the Chinese offensive in April. Then lashing back in vigorous and successful counterattack, the Marines fought around the Hwachon Reservoir to the mighty fastness of the Punchbowl. The Punchbowl became familiar terrain to Marines during the summer of 1951, and the Division suffered its heaviest casualties of the year fighting in the vicinity of that aptly named circular depression.