Red Dragon Stalking Polar Bears KW (id:#67157)

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P'ungnyuri-Gang Inlet, Changjin Reservoir, North Korea 1950-11-27 (4 others)

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In accordance with X Corps' scheme of maneuver the 31st Regimental Combat Team (31-RCT) had replaced the 5th Marines on the east side of the Changjin Reservoir, or as it was known to the Americans through its Japanese pronunciation the Chosin Reservoir. X Corps had ordered Col. MacLean's 31-RCT, which was short a battalion still making its way to him, to attack north and reach the Yalu River on the 28th. To facilitate this plan, the regiment's 1st Battalion and heavy mortar company under Col. MacLean was in the lead in the mountains to the north of an inlet to the reservoir, while the 3rd Battalion under Lt. Col. Reilly, took up positions along the southern banks of the inlet only a few miles behind the 1st Battalion. Little did Col. MacLean know that stalking their every move made by the Polar Bears, a nickname dating to the Russian Revolution, when units served in Siberia as part of the American Expeditionary Force, was a reinforced Chinese division. The 3rd Battalion's defensive positions for the night placed two of its rifle companies, reinforces with most of the heavy weapons company's assets, in the hills on the eastern edge of the inlet, and one company across a causeway and bridge, which would need to be crossed in the morning. On the south bank and to the rear of the rifle companies was the Command Post for the 3rd Battalion, and behind it, A Battery and then B Battery of the 57th Field Artillery. The remainder of the regiment, including an entire tank company, was encamped in a small village some 5 to 6 miles further south.

Defender: American (A + B Batteries, 57th Field Artillery Battalion with 3rd Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division)  

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