Rock of Chickamauga KW (id:#66450)

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Kadong-ni, Korea 1950-07-15 (0 others)

Overview:

The North Koreans were crossing the Kum river everywhere in front of the U.S. 19th Infantry Regiment, a unit nicknamed ‘The Rock of Chickamauga’ from it’s history in the U.S. Civil War. As early as 0630, Colonel Winstead reported that his command post and Mortar Company were under attack, and that the center of his battalion was falling back. The enemy made deep penetrations, overrunning part of A and B Companies, then continued south across the paddies, seizing the high ground at Kadong-ni. This incursion had to be thrown back if the 19th was to hold position.

Defender: North Korean (3rd Division Korean Peoples Army)  

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