[196] 1stMar tels to G-3 1stMarDiv 1030 and 1910, 9 Nov 50; 1stMar URpt (S-3) 9; 1stTkBn SAR, 14. Ruffner ltr 13 Jan 56.
X Corps directed that upon the relief of the Marines by the 3d Infantry Division, the 3d and 5th KMC Battalions, which had been under the operational control of RCT-1, would then be attached to the Army unit.[197]
[197] X Corps OpnO 6, 12 Nov 50; Smith, Notes, 492–493; Dolcater, 3d Infantry Division in Korea, 73; CG 1stMarDiv msg to subordinate units, 2305 11 Nov 50.
After lack of transport imposed a delay of two days, 1/1 initiated the northward movement of RCT-1 by rail and closed Chigyong, eight miles southwest of Hamhung, by 1820, 14 November. A motor convoy followed.[198]
[198] 1stMarDiv POR 145; Smith, Notes, 494; 1/1 msg to CG 1stMarDiv, 1845 15 Nov 50; Dolcater, 3d Infantry Division in Korea, 73.
Relief of 2/1(-), which had been holding screening and blocking positions on Ambush Alley, was completed on the 15th by the 3d Battalion of the 15th Infantry. Other Army elements relieved Dog Company in the rear area near Wonsan. On the 16th 2/1 moved by rail to Chigyong, followed by 3/1 and the last elements of RCT-1 the next day.[199]
[199] 2/1 SAR, 9–10; S-3 1stMar tel to G-3 1stMarDiv, 2245 15 Nov 50; 3/1 SAR 7 Oct-25 Nov 50; 1stMar SAR, 12; 1stMarDiv POR 154; Dolcater, 3d Infantry Division in Korea, 73; Sutter Comments, 2 Feb 56.
Thus the 1st Marine Division achieved a relative and temporary degree of concentration. The farthest distance between components had been reduced from 130 to less than 60 miles by the middle of November, but a new dispersion of units was already in progress.