The 24th Infantry Division's Naktong River Crossing in September 1950.
Abstract
Less than three months after the United States had committed herself in June 1950 to containing world communism by meeting North Korean aggression with armed might, General Douglas MacArthur executed one of his most masterful strokes of tactical genius. He struck with the U. S. 10th Corps in an amphibious assault landing more than one hundred miles to the rear of the forward elements of the invading force along the Pusan Perimeter. On 16 September, another operation of equal importance but with much less publicity was initiated. The U. S. 8th Army launched an offensive to break out of the defense perimeter behind which it had been humbled for better than a month. Spearheading this drive north from the gates of Taegu to Waegwan on the Naktong River were the 5th Regimental Combat Team and the 1st Cavalry Division which cleared a corridor so that the 24th Division could be committed across the river to the west and north. It is the story of the 24th Division's Naktong River crossing with which this thesis is concerned.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 18, 1964
- Accession Number
- ADA290790
Entities
People
- John E. Hurst
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College