Illustrations
Photographs
Sixteen-page sections of photographs following pages [86] and [214].
Maps and Sketches
| Page | ||
| 1 | Korea as a Battlefield | [4] |
| 2 | EUSAK Dispositions, December 1950 | [9] |
| 3 | Combat Air Bases | [16] |
| 4 | EUSAK Front Lines, January 1951 | [23] |
| 5 | Pohang Guerrilla Hunt | [43] |
| 6 | Operation KILLER | [61] |
| 7 | Area Gained, February-March 1951 | [77] |
| 8 | Operation RIPPER Plan | [82] |
| 9 | Operation RIPPER Zone | [87] |
| 10 | CCF Offensive, April 1951 | [110] |
| 11 | Actions of 1/1 and 3/1, April 1951 | [112] |
| 12 | Night of 16–17 May 1951 | [124] |
| 13 | Drive to Yangu, May 1951 | [129] |
| 14 | X Corps Routes of Advance, May-June 1951 | [139] |
| 15 | 1st Marine Division Zone of Action, June-July 1951 | [140] |
| 16 | 1st MAW Operating Area, May-July 1951 | [145] |
| 17 | 1st Marine Division Area, September 1951 | [174] |
| 18 | X Corps Zone of Action, September 1951 | [177] |
| 19 | EUSAK Dispositions, September 1951 | [200] |
| 20 | 1st Marine Division Situation, September 1951 | [205] |
| 21 | HMR-161 Operations 1951 | [209] |
| 22 | EUSAK Dispositions, March 1952 | [252] |
CHAPTER I
Interlude at Masan
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
A new chapter in Korean operations began for the 1st Marine Division at 1800 on 16 December 1950 with the opening of the CP at Masan. By the following afternoon all units of the Division had arrived from Hungnam with the exception of VMO-6 and small groups of such specialists as the amphibian tractor troops left behind to assist with the redeployment of remaining X Corps elements to south Korea.