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Title
Walker’s Orders
Description
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 Pusan. The 24th's men retreated through the First Team's ranks …
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Date
1950-07-22
Scenario#
AP178
Scenario Description
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 Pusan. The 24th's men retreated through the First Team's ranks as the newly-arrived cavalrymen moved to their defensive positions. After 5 years of occupation duty in Japan, the First Team was hardly in fighting shape. Each of its three regiments had only two battalions, and neither the troops nor the officers possessed the physical conditioning required for extended combat. Nonetheless, Lieutenant General Walton Walker provided division commander General Hobart "Hap" Gay with fresh orders: "Protect Yongdong. Remember, there are no friendly troops behind you. You must keep your own back door open. You can live without food, but you cannot last long without ammunition, and unless the Yongdong-Taegu road is kept open you will soon be without ammunition."
Location
Yongdong, S. Korea
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Yongdong was an engagement between United States and North Korean forces early in the Korean War. It occurred on July 22–25, 1950, in the village of Yongdong in southern South Korea. The newly arrived US Army 1st Cavalry Division was ordered there to cover the retreat of the US 24th Infantry Division after the Battle of Taejon. The 1st Cavalry Division soldiers, however, were untried in combat, and the North Korean Korean People's Army's (KPA) 3rd Division was able to outmaneuver them and force them back. Though the Americans lost the town, their artillery inflicted substantial casualties on the North Koreans and delayed them for several crucial days, allowing the United Nations Command time to set up the Pusan Perimeter.
Narrative Source
Combatants
American
North Korean
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard
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