This plan was interrupted on October 21 when the JCS told MacArthur that demand for troops in other parts The Eighth Army with its original four divisions-the 1st Cavalry, 7thĭivision, and 24th and 25th Divisions, were to return to Japan, and the 5th RCT was to return to Hawaii. If possible, no forces other than ROKs were To slowly be withdrawn, with the European units leaving first. The plan was for the United Nation's units Remaining in South Korea, including the ROK Army units and KMAC.
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The X Corps was selected to stay in Korea for North Korean occupation duty.Īfter that, the X Corps was to have only one American division, plus all other United Nations units, Throughout October, the optimism over this "conflict" ending continued to grow as plans were made for the The 7thĭivision sailed north from Pusan on October 27 and began landing at Iwon two days later. The 7th Division plans were thus changed to landĭeeper in North Korea and thereby advance to the Yalu border under MacArthur's new directive. He decided to land the 7th DivisionĪt the small port of Iwon, 105 miles northeast of Wonsan. Almond also made daily flights up the eastĬoast line searching for a suitable landing site for the 7th Division. Take place by applying pressure (to no avail) on Admiral Struble. General Almond increasingly urged that the landings Two regiments on call in Japan, to ship north to Wonsan. MacArthur ordered the 65th Regiment of the 3rd Division, already in Korea, and its other However, "the matter was not for Smith to decide," and the division officers began planning for the new General Almond briefed all of his division commanders and staff members on the coming amphibious Operational control of all UN and ROK ground forces operating north of 39 degrees and 10 minutes north.". X Corps, operating as an independentĬorps of GHQ Reserve, will, effective at 1200 hours, 20 October 1950, and until further orders, assume
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Nations Command] and to implement the full concept of operations. The remaining corps, the 42nd, headed toward the Chosin Reservoir."In order to exploit to the maximum all forces under CINCUNC [Commander in Chief, United On October 19, under strict secrecy, it completed crossing the Yalu River, using the name Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA.) Five of its six corps moved into northwestern North Korea, which would put it in directly in front of the advancing US Eighth Army and the ROK I Corps. Altogether, at the time of deployment in North Korea, the Thirteenth Army totaled about 250,000 men, 180,000 of whom were infantrymen.
There were also three artillery divisions and various support regiments which were attached to the Army headquarters. The Thirteenth Army ultimately consisted of six infantry corps, each of which had three infantry divisions – eighteen infantry divisions overall. On July 13, Mao ordered that the Thirteenth Army – a unit of the PLA (People’s Liberation Army – China’s regular, active duty army) – to move from southern China to Manchuria (northeastern China) which bordered North Korea. Shortly after North Korea invaded South Korea in late June, Chairman Mao anticipated that the Chinese would eventually have to intervene.
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