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Title
Task Force Faith Breakout
Description
During the nights of 27 and 28 November 1950, the separated elements of the 31st Regimental Combat Team were surrounded and nearly destroyed by elements of the 80th and 81st CVPA Divisions. On 29 November, the regimental units were consolidated on the south side of the P’ungnyuri River Inlet …
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Date
1950-12-01
Scenario#
211
Scenario Description
During the nights of 27 and 28 November 1950, the separated elements of the 31st Regimental Combat Team were surrounded and nearly destroyed by elements of the 80th and 81st CVPA Divisions. On 29 November, the regimental units were consolidated on the south side of the P’ungnyuri River Inlet on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir and reorganized as Task Force Faith. Following four nights of continuous attacks, and warned of dire information from reconnaissance and support aircraft, Faith received permission to organize a breakout south toward Hagaru-ni. The key component of the breakout was a convoy carrying over 600 wounded soldiers. As the convoy formed up, sporadic mortar fire landed in the assembly area and, as the lead units exited the perimeter, Communist Chinese infantry attacked, threatening to halt the breakout five minutes after it had started.
Location
Chosin Reservoir, North Korea
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also known as the Chosin Reservoir Campaign or the Battle of Lake Jangjin, was an important battle in the Korean War. The name "Chosin" is derived from the Japanese pronunciation "Chōshin", instead of the Korean pronunciation. The battle took place about a month after the People's Republic of China entered the conflict and sent the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) 9th Army to infiltrate the northeastern part of North Korea. On 27 November 1950, the Chinese force surprised the US X Corps commanded by Major General Edward Almond at the Chosin Reservoir area. A brutal 17-day battle in freezing weather soon followed. Between 27 November and 13 December, 30,000 United Nations Command troops (later nicknamed "The Chosin Few") under the field command of Major General Oliver P. Smith were encircled and attacked by about 120,000 Chinese troops under the command of Song Shilun, who had been ordered by Mao Zedong to destroy the UN forces. The UN forces were nevertheless able to break out of the encirclement and to make a fighting withdrawal to the port of Hungnam, inflicting heavy casualties on the Chinese. US Marine units were supported in their withdrawal by the US Army's Task Force Faith to their east, which suffered heavy casualties and the full brunt of the Chinese offensive. The retreat of the US Eighth Army from northwest Korea in the aftermath of the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and the evacuation of the X Corps from the port of Hungnam in northeast Korea marked the complete withdrawal of UN troops from North Korea.
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Combatants
American
Communist Chinese
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard
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