9th infantry regiment - command report - july 19514-letter of comcrendation per cg, 2d infantry...

Korean War

9th Infantry Regiment - Command Report - July 1951

2nd Infantry Division

Korean War Project Record: USA-90

Folder: 070007

Box: 07

File: 07

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

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TABLE OF CONTEN'rS

1-1 ~AD :~.tJ lili T~.:..ItS 9th Infantry Regiraent

APO 248, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, California

1-31 July 1951

I. Narrative of Events Pages 1-13

II. Personnel

III. Intelligence

IV. Operations

V. Logistics

VI. Appendices:

A. 1-9th Infantry Unit J·ournals

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SeTc Francisco, Ca.lifornia

Continuing: in· ColJ?S res,~rve :>.s July onen-,l;r in June .,.,:hen the -l!inth first

a resc'r'.re st~'tl'.s. Tho first vee!;: was d.evoted. almost' entirAly to

t\\0 evr:-nts, the 2d Division CoJT.Iaar..d. Ins:p0c tion a-'lcl the 4th of July retreat

.;,-·',\., Follo..,.ring ther:e, tl- ~ V['.ri ':1-S units t1;rnc:d once more to their ricoro1:.s

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l'lntoon-sized. pe;tro1s operatin::::; in the assic;r>.ecl'regimental sec.tor neer

F..ongchon ~ I:orea,.on July 1' retu..rnco. ·.to the:i.r--lliVO'\J.aC areas \e.rit~1 neither

i . :>eriod. o·f prcj?aration for t>o co:m;nap:3. ins:poction sche:'l.uled. later in. tho

.··· v:eek. :l:ime ,~-as tel.:en out, hovre:ver., for~the conc1ucting of chur~h,sorvic8s•

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·· ~· ~his inspection '\'ras coP.tinueiil. on the 6th a.ncl 7tl1 of July ,vith 1st J3.s.t-.\

_,te~ion, l~ ecl.ica.l anc1 :E:eadCJ..'';Prt e:rs Com:pap.ies displaying their equ.i:pm~n~ on tJo.e

In a letter to the :':'o"_·bentel com.J11r>n0..er, GenertJl Ru:t'fil.er congre.tulatecl

· /tl1e· ·~e~ tt.~~""en+ s~,.~,.r-i :-. -.::.'".· t_.l'lt"_,t 11 t' ~ 1 -t11·e /.'• ~-= ·-~ ~-· ~"'> ' • Lle 8PIH'Dre.nco 0!. personne~. ancC . conaition of '

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Reao.ou.arters Co:·'r)ony, HodicPl t:>nd. Serv.ico 0:)m:on:n.ies received su.::?erior rr>tincs

-. -~q. the uorele on,~. conficl.ercc of tbc men of 3C.. J3att..-:J.1.on, Rea;v-~r 1-!orta.r PnC!.

Sef.vice Co::•';:mies receiveD. n sb1ilar ra.tinr;. G.)~ rated equipment Pf-l foJlo".s: I

bC'.ttaJ.ions excellent in co!'1ba.t ree0.iness.

At 1900 hours, 3 JuJ.;r rll units of the :::>.egiment E'.ttenc!.ed t~e nm s:::on-

sor_ed Jack :BeP..l1}' sho1·! holr1_ in the vicinity of X Co~os CP.S 'tLth ·• d ""0 ortc:'!l1J.C an ..

corps trE>nS•)OrtPtion fadli ties vr~ro utilizei to tr~nsfer '?er.sonn~?l to V!.e

performance.

1-!otoriZed and foot patrols con1tinued ·to reconnoiter the 8,ssit;ned sector

during thi~ perlocl with negative ene!'1Y contact, but these pr.trols clid . ' '

report, ho,.,-over, eviclence of rmc~1 sickness among the civilitm '?O:Ptllatio.n.9

~raining ,..,as carTie0. on by those tmi tc not standin;; the inspection r>nd in...:

. serv: .. ed. 1·;ea110ns, roarl. marches a:r:.d. orc;::•nize·:'l. athletics.lO

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. it.t:ilm th~ flt"{;s of t"'c~ ·'Unito.CL !'rations~

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m.en for .valorov.s Pnd r:1eritorious service cl.uring the 'p1•esent conflict. ' I

Seven officers pnc1 fotli' orllisted J7lCll rec·cived .Silver Sta1·s 'and. three officers

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A boarcl or six of:!:icers chec::ed erwll tmi t in tt-... 0 revie,w, for' lines t '

·pessin:~ in l'CV~er:, z::uic1on Y:'Ol1U.e.l, :Satt.s•,J.j_on Q) IS COTX 0 !"ll~1s, :present l'l"rc1S

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play_ed severe~ SJ?iri ted D8rches as tl:o batt1?lions l')t.'l,ssecf in revioF, Pnd J.."lter

. that evenin.r;, presented P concert in th0 resili1cUtal 01' a:J;'eail3

~raining sch.eduJ.es 'trerc norUfie(l slightly on 5 July,· bec'ttt'..Se or' incle:lf'>-:t ,, j. . •.• '

· · weather.-14 .A:LE!o at this tL'ne ar:cr.ne;e,·,1ercts ,.;ere c0n:!)leted. with ~'l:le CGu,.e_rtAr

_,.},!aster ,to ene"ble ]_)Ol'Sonnel of the 11ef;im.


The,' Com.Bo section of Eea(lq_u.arters COJi!))Pny \·ras coo:perating on this o.at~,

-'travel to the Kaeson{~ Peece TeJ.k_s.19 At regular intervcls the message vl8.s

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DJ.ring t!le ee.d~" :o£1rt of t!'e non th, the regilaent;::J. L'ltclligence section

tions to bo a-:loq_,_•ete.22

Trt=dni:'§ on 9 Jto;~ actva.:1.ced. to p, con,;,ny-sizecl-:problem level :--ncl 1?.1.so

On 10 July h'O offieers

r>nd. S4 J!H i-TGl"e sent to th~ rear to ':c_·d.n :rrocessing 7:1rior to o.eJ;>e:rture on

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vicini~y of E:i111122 anct>imm'tj. ·u..t.i!:LIII~.J...Y

ation o:f defensive :Podti~n·s ~J.o!18 Line' Yrichtt~i";ff: \ •. 1 '- ' . ' .-· • • ' ' ; ~·--~- ,~_,, ~ .- ': ,, .• >." .:.

:pr.~pa:rations, ,.;a,s place& on the ~eleoti6~:';~f '/

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c;,w~~'9nS,\~sitiOus, 10: t',c'preyexatio>1 of, lronk~rs ~o: t~~;,~~~ns;:' bning ,nla.ced on tho f±elds.o:f~f:i.re"a.~~.ai~a'ble.

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. " u;;;ing :::::::~~the ~~imet1tpl Ill!>..UigeneO ·~~tl;~,~~~rieted in th't:l interrogation of P't'T1 s, scoutil}g 8.no,: pat~~ll f-~ ,{ar1d~

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' Secon~ :Battalion novec,_ from their asse:!l.bly e.rea nepr the

e.nd. 706 2.ncl begAn imnecU.etel~r to :n·ep::>re clefensive })Ositions t::>kirtc;

·into cons~.cleration the f:Call relief of the

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of the Recir1'"nt inclnd.ect t:t:e c1.eternin::.n.:;; o: :::merr-.y c'!.isposi tion, lo ~~,J

· tion, str?n~th &nd co~po d t:ton. 6l; To effect .this end., recon patr11ls,

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