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Force Smith: |
General MacArthur
intended Task Force Smith as "an arrogant display" of American
military power. Numbering only 540 troops, most with little training
and no combat experience, Task Force Smith was destroyed by NKPA troops
who commanded a considerable advantage in numbers and armor.
For the next
month, NKPA troops crushed small and inadequately prepared American
troops and forced their retreat south. Despite the shocking losses
of both men and morale, the U.S. contingent bought sufficient time
for a troop buildup around the port of Pusan in the southeastern
corner of the peninsula.
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Stories
for this segment:
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"A
funny noise coming down the road"
Clarence Mehlhaff, 24th Division, 63rd Field Artillery
July 1950
South of Taejon |
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Battle
of Osan: "They told us to get out of there"
Clarence Mehlhaff, 24th Division, 63rd Field Artillery, Camp Okata,
Japan
July 5, 1950
Osan |
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"So
famous and distinguished a soldier"
Rhee Syngman, President of South
Korea
July 14, 1950
Pusan, Korea |
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Battle
of Taejon: "We had no leader"
Clarence Mehlhaff, 24th Division, 63rd Field Artillery
July 19-20, 1950
Taejon |
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"Blew
My Pants Bottom Out"
Harley Coon, National President of the Korean War Veterans Association,
Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame
August 1950
No Gun Ri |
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