Korean War 9th Infantry Regiment - Command Report - June 1951 2nd Infantry Division Korean War Project Record: USA-89 Folder: 070006 Box: 07 File: 06 National Archives and Records Administration College Park, Maryland Records: United States Army Unit Name: Second Infantry Division Record Group: RG407 Editor: Hal Barker Korean War Project P.O. Box 180190 Dallas, TX 75218-0190 http://www.koreanwar.org Korean War Project 2ID-00200305
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Korean War
9th Infantry Regiment - Command Report - June 1951
2nd Infantry Division
Korean War Project Record: USA-89
Folder: 070006
Box: 07
File: 06
National Archives and Records Administration
College Park, Maryland
Records: United States Army
Unit Name: Second Infantry Division
Record Group: RG407
Editor: Hal Barker
Korean War Project
P.O. Box 180190
Dallas, TX 75218-0190
http://www.koreanwar.org
Korean War Project 2ID-00200305
Korean War Project 2ID-00200306
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Annex A of Sect~ou III to Comms.nd REport ( CiY I S-5 (Rl)) Headqua.rters, 2d Infa':'Itry Division Period: 1-30 June 51
is. a savage fire-fight irhich lasted f'~:r :t'ive ho~~~ 7 . .
;r\ artillery and air support enabled the battalion ·to secttre it.s objective 'by
· l~OO:~ho'ilrs. 8 Nennt-~ile, !'.d and 38. :Bf).tta1ions relievec1
/~~·:·<·~· ~ird :Bf.ttteJ.ion t-ras ordered to {!;tt~ck Hill 579.9
elements of the 1S7th
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Altho ugl1.: pro gr e$S
was'made in the attack, they 1v-ere ord.erec1 to ,.rithc1.rt'1-r for the night and set
up defensive positions. /
All three· b~.ttaJ.ions rece~vecl s:porar1.ic mortpr fire during t_he earlr ·
~rn~ng hours of 3 June.10 Second. :Battf1J5on, in Em attem~t to secure objeqtive
"~S", encountered ru1 estimated ?00 enemy.ll They engr>ged this group in a fire
:. t'ighfusing small arms, <rv.tomatic vea:oons an~. mortars.· .
At the sane tir:Je, the Reci:rnentPJ. CP Dllcl speci~J. units moved. forward in
. order to .maintain· closer cont<'tct vrith the a.ttacking echelons.l2
A new directive '\'rc:>.s E~nnouncecl concerning rot<:'tees to the effect that all
EJ de~rting for .the Z.I. nu.st c::-rry H-1 rifles.; c>ll com::?any-grade off~cers,,.
·a ca;rbine; e.ncl all field-grn0.e officers, a _!.1.5 :pistol.13
. Four officer re:pl;-ce;:wnts ,.,ere receivec. by the Reginent, on this date
. and 1-rere as~ignect to ITee.d<J.lJ.:o.rters ConJ:)E'tn.Y penclin{': fu..rther assisnm~t.J.4 .• ' ~\ ~ '1. •
" The b£>ttelions, on 1: June, concentrr·.tecl on .the i:n:provement of clef en-
., siva :positions, as elements of t:Q.e 5th ·roK Division :pa.ssed throll{'".,h their po- ·
s~tions to continue ·tho e.ttrcJ\: lat.u1ched by the lTinth the a.a.y before.15 . .
···~ . ~ollo,1in:; the departure of teo officers a.'1cl 75 J:l! on rotation, f~ve~
officers. and 52 nr r,e:pla..cer:lents t?.rrived ~:md ,.,ere assigned ·throu.&;hout the
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On this 0.2-te Fa.j Gen CJark J, l"Zttffner, :?d }};vision corma.nder, conve;recl.
:Appencti::::: C-1, POR 1rl72, 3 June 1951 Ibid Ibio . Ap::penix C-1, POR # 1 7?., 7, J nne 1951 Ibid Ibid_:· ~j~di::::: .A...l, Unit Jotwnnl, 3 June 1951, I tan 1:0 • l.:o Section II--Personncl D.e:9ort for Ju..'"l.e 1951, p. 1
. ~:pendix C-1, FOR :(b 173, lt Juno 1951 Section II--PersoP~el Ee~ort for June 1951, u. l
.A:nnendi~ i-1, Uni~t~c· ,. lE·T' Fo. eo ~- l ~ ... ~'! -.• ·\ fit; r:'Q ' 'D L . }t~ · m - :y;e 2
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.All units continu.ea. to improve defensive :positions on, 5 June.· 11 Jllt1 -;' .~; > '..:
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Oomp~ received several rouJ.lds of· $.rtillery .froni an unknown source e.t. 1 7lJ.O .
l~ours, with no reported dAmDge.l.S
.ly;>proxir,1at ely 25 ton::; of one.rrty enmo 't'res located. d.uring the o.t!'-.J,
half-burned. end 11rell cr>mou.fl.ngeo., inclnding 1 '2.0 JJ.: t1ortars ~nc1 smAll
'• ~Bl!- of' Coni:rany 11 G11 had been t:n·rarded. the Hed.al of Honor, making the fou.:t,'th
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~uch ,decora.tion receiveCl. b~r l'1embers of this conmanc. cl.uring the Xoree.n -caJn-. ''
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.Ail three bat te~ions 0.ispatched. 1)atrols' on S June with the mission of
- caJ?turing strag2;lers in' the aren and. reporting all caches of enemy eo_ui:pncnt
ana.· ammunition located.· Sr>ecial attention w·as o.irected on the valle~rs e..nd
, villates in the are~,- i·r.i.th specific orders to destroy cll guerrilla grours
resist iilg Cq-pture. 28
'' ~ese }?r:ttrols ,,'13re extTemely successful in ·locating extensive hordes of
enemy me.terials, but fou ... l'lci r: gregt cle"l of it d.estoyeCl. as t:>., resul~ ,.;f onr
- . • .. , napSJ.m burnings. 29
'.Another grou.p of men, one officer ;;-no. 75 111, d.e::pe.rted for the rear on
- ;-'~his date, tiDder the rotation J?rogrem.30 Dn.ring the morning Lt Gen .AJ..mond. . , ' . .
~·X Corps COnt'Tiander, 'visiteo. the CP for a co:rl_ference i·rith the regiment;J. .staff.3l-..... \. . '
lhri~?:; this period the Regiment -:pre1_)~rer3. for employment on the Inj e-
Yangg,u, Inje-Ke.jon-ni, or In,ie-Kansong, a::is :i.f the trctical situation became I · •. "'I ' I ' ' ~ •
. such- that' the ene::'lY shot'l.J.c. threr:ten tOmy of these vitd routes. 32 ..
·. Indiviclucl units on 9 Jt1ne conG.ucte1 trnininG, reorganization l:Ynd m.?in
, 'J;ena.nce of 'ID/E eQ_uipment in a determine~. effort to be preparerl. a:p.d read.y
l'ilen they l-rere recalled fran a. reserve status.
Reginental I & :R :platoon dispo.tchecl :pat:r-ols to Yanggu, .Hyonni and. to . '•
the bouncl~ries of X Corps t:>.ncl I IDIC Col'rl}S "ri. th 'the mission of checking
road c.istrnces' l"lileo~·;es' traffico.b:i.li ty r>nct time. 33
Conro.nies 11 ? 11 , 11 :F11 P~~.CJ. 11 K11 moved from their hUJ. posi t:i.ons in con-
junction 1-:i th the Eo~in~nt 1 s relief of thn res:ponsiM1ity for the secttri t~r
27. 2Z. 29. 30. 31· 32. 33· ·-:ell ' J,'.
Section II--P ersonnel Re:::ort~: for J11J.18 1951, ]?. l Appendi~ IV, POR #179, S June 1951 .k::Per~.clix."B-1, PIR #:J.l~ 8. ~ June 1951 Section !!--Personnel Re:')ort for Jnne 1951. p. 1 A;;rpend.ix .A-1, Unit Journal S June 1951, I ten lTn. ??
Section IV--O!Jeretirms P-eDort 1-30 June 1951 p. 2 ~:pcmdix 0-l. FOR 1~!:1S~. 9 June l::l-51 Ibid ~
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the st;e~s and strain endu.red by '?~1 personnel during enployment the :past I
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