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 several attempts by the rest …

1950-11-06

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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 several attempts by the rest of the First Team to break through to 3rd Battalion failed with heavy casualties, General Gay made the toughest decision of his career and left 3rd Battalion to fend for itself. Leaving behind 250 wounded men (including a mortally wounded Ormond) in the care of the battalion surgeon and Chaplain Captain Emil Kapaun (who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions), the remaining cavalrymen fought their way south any way they could, often with Chinese troops close behind.

Yongbyon, N. Korea

The Battle of Unsan, also known as the Battle of Yunshan, was a series of engagements of the Korean War that took place from 25 October to 4 November 1950 near Unsan, North Pyongan province in present-day North Korea. As part of the People's Republic of China's First Phase Campaign, the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) made repeated attacks against the Republic of Korea Army (ROK) 1st Infantry Division near Unsan beginning on 25 October, in an attempt to take advancing United Nations Command (UNC) forces by surprise. In an accidental first encounter with the United States military, the PVA 39th Corps attacked the unprepared U.S. 8th Cavalry Regiment in Unsan on 1 November, resulting in one of the most devastating U.S. losses of the war.

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Communist Chinese

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