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Title
Garry Owen!
Description
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 would have been proud of. Although prior to deployment the division had …
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Date
1950-07-28
Scenario#
AP179
Scenario Description
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 would have been proud of. Although prior to deployment the division had been gutted of almost 800 noncoms and junior officers transferred to the 24th Infantry Division, that was no excuse, and the critical situation demanded better. Now, First Team was called upon to continue the defense of Taegu, even as the 27th Infantry Regiment pulled back from Hwanggan. On the road just west of Kumchon, Gay moved the two battalions of Colonel Cecil Nist's 7th Cavalry Regiment from reserve to try to stop the KPA advance-or at least slow it down.
Location
Kumchon, S. Korea
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Hwanggan was an engagement between United States and North Korean forces that took place on July 23–29, 1950, on a road north of the village of Hwanggan in southern South Korea, early in the Korean War. The battle ended in a victory for the North Koreans after US troops were forced to withdraw south. The US Army's 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, newly arrived in Korea, was moved to a road north of Hwanggan to block the North Korean Korean People's Army (KPA)'s 2nd Division, advancing following the Battle of Taejon. In an unusually good first performance, the 27th Infantry was able to delay the North Korean division for almost a week, inflicting heavy casualties on it while suffering few casualties of their own.
Narrative Source
Combatants
American
North Korean
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard
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