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We Are Sparta
With their own civil war against communism over, the Greek government was enthusiastic about sending forces to contribute to UN efforts in Korea. After arriving in December 1950, the Greek Expeditionary Force (GEF)-nicknamed the Sparta Battalion-was…

Bona Fide Effort
The Bukhan Dam held back the 19 billion cubic feet of water of the Hwacheon Reservoir. Concerned the CPVA might open the dam's sluice gates to hamper his movements, General Matthew Ridgeway ordered the dam to be captured or the gates disabled prior…

The Cost of a Cross
In early February 1951, General Gay was reassigned to Eighth Army staff and replaced with former First Team executive officer General Charles D. Palmer. 5th Cavalry received a boost with the addition of a 3rd Battalion, transferred from the stateside…

Home By Christmas?
Even after the heavy casualties inflicted on the 8th Cavalry Regiment at Unsan and Yongbyon, UN Command still thought that the Communist Chinese did not intend to rescue the Kim Il Sung regime. When Chinese forces disengaged in early November, the UN…

The Horse They Never Rode
The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 8th Cavalry Regiment barely escaped from Unsan on 2 November, with the 3rd Battalion under Major Robert Ormond acting as rear guard, not yet aware that the area was under attack by the entire Chinese 39th Army. After…

Unsanity
As the First Team blasted its way to the Yalu River and the Chinese border in late October, many of the GIs and Officers believed they might be home in time for Christmas. At the same time, however, units of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army…

The Order of War
In August, General Gay replaced the 5th Cavalry Regiment's aging and near-deaf commander Colonel Carl Rohsenberger with the more dynamic Marcel Crombez. Colonel Crombez had missed most of WWII in stateside training assignments but served in the…

Patton’s Ghost
The breakout from the Pusan Perimeter would not be considered successful until Eighth Army linked up with X Corps coming from the Seoul area. To help make that a reality, each regiment of the First Team received fresh troops in early September in the…

Sabres Crossed
Lieutenant General Kim Ung and his KPA I Corps were two weeks behind schedule regarding "Operation Order 121"-to take Taegu and Pusan by 6 August. With Eighth Army getting stronger by the day in its defensive positions behind the Naktong, Ung’s…

No Dunkirk
On 29 July, the increasingly dire situation prompted Eighth Army Commander General Walton Walker to issue to division commanders what became known as his “Stand or Die” order, which read in part "There will be no Dunkirk, there will be no Bataan."…

East Bank
The KPA plan for the attack against Taegu demanded that the 10th Division make a coordinated attack with the 3rd Division, from the west and southwest respectively. The 10th Division, so far untested in combat, was ordered to cross the Naktong River…

Garry Owen!
Generals Walton "Johnnie" Walker and Hobart "Hap" Gay, commanders respectively of Eighth Army and 1st Cavalry Division, had both served in the Third Army during WWII, and both realized the division's performance at Yongdong was nothing General Patton…

Walker’s Orders
After the mauling it received during the fall of Taejon, the 24th Infantry Division was relieved on 22 July by the 1st Cavalry Division, which became responsible for blocking the Korean People's Army's drive down the main Taejon-Taegu corridor to…

A Celebratory Mood
For the invasion of Leyte, the 1st Cavalry Division landed across White Beach, the northernmost beaches of Sixth Army. The 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment was on the right flank of the division and after landing turned north to clear the Cataisan…

Always Ready
The initial follow-up to secure Momote airdrome included the investment of the western shore of Seeadler Harbor, where Japanese command had expected the initial attack. A still disorganized Japanese command provided the opportunity for Brewer Task…

Hold Your Horses
Having spent the first year of the war patrolling the Mexican border, by 1943 1st Cavalry Division was alerted for overseas duty in February with all of their normal equipment-submachine guns, carbines, a Colt .45 for each trooper, and other…

End of the Beginning
With British defenses in disarray—the 17th Indian Division was strung out over 15 miles of roads, and jungle – the Japanese pressed even harder for their prize: the bridge at Sittang. Early on the morning of the 22nd the commander of 1st Battalion,…

Parting Shots
As the British made a precarious and disjointed withdrawal in front of the relentless Japanese advance, many small actions were fought between the Bilin River and the easily fordable Thebyu River. The Bilin was the last barrier before the Salween…

Smashing the Hook
The British were desperate to cover the Salween River crossings; the Japanese were juts as anxious to secure them. Aggressive moves by both sides led to a particularly active fight for control of the Yinon crossing. Having beaten back an attack on…

To the Pain
Japanese reconnaissance parties had reached as far as the colonial office in Danyingon, replacing the Union jack with a Nisshoki – the Imperial flag. After several attempts to push the constantly reinforcing Japanese out of Danyingon, a decision was…

Full Moon Madness
After the drubbing they received at Moulmein, the British made haste to cover the crossings of the Salween River in an ultimately futile attempt to forestall the Japanese advane. Meanwhile, beginning in early February, the Japanese began aggressive…

Empire's Fall
Moulmein – the third largest city in Burma with nearly 100,000 residents and long loyal to the Crown – clings to the eastern bank of the mouth of the Salween River. Its all-weather airfield, and position astride an important transportation route as…

Milling About
While Major Oki’s men secured Tavoy, a sister battalion of the 112th Infantry Regiment made preparations to cross the Burmese frontier in strength. Before sunrise on 20 January, a platoon of Gurkhas garrisoning the border village of Miyawadi was…

Slicing the Throat
Men of the 3rd and 6th Burma Rifles were about to experience their baptism of fire. The Japanese were coming. They were coming not from the south, but from the east. British plans for the defence of Burma and Malaya were partly predicated on the…

Double Trouble
Within days of gaining passage through Thailand, Japanese forces were probing southern Burma. On 12 December, 2nd Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 55th Division crossed the Kra Isthmus. The Regimental Commander, Colonel Uno, and one rifle company…
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