U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 5 (of 5): Operations in West KoreaUnited States. Marine Corps
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U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 5 (of 5): Operations in West Korea
United States. Marine Corps
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns; United States. Marine Corps -- History -- Korean War, 1950-1953
On the far right, in Lieutenant Colonel Dulacki’s sector, a reinforced
CCF platoon poured over the Warsaw defenses at 1930. Immediately
the outpost Marines called for the friendly artillery box. As these
protective fires were being delivered all communication at the outpost
was severed by hostile fire. Enemy artillery continued at a heavy rate.
By 2000, however, communication was reestablished between the COP and
MLR. The first message from the besieged outpost was a request for more
artillery. With additional fire support and continued stiff outpost
resistance, the Chinese at 2055 relinquished their quest to regain
Warsaw.
The enemy’s most determined assaults on the night of 6–7 October were
made upon a pair of outposts, Detroit and Frisco, manned by the middle
battalion, 3/7 (Lieutenant Colonel Gerald F. Russell). Two JAMESTOWN
areas in this sector were also attacked, but only briefly. The assault
against the outposts was executed by a Chinese battalion which sent one
company against Detroit and another against Frisco, east of Detroit.
Both outposts were manned by two squads of Marines.
At Detroit, the Company G Marines reported that the initial attack
made at 1940 on 6 October by a Chinese company had been rebuffed. The
enemy did succeed, however, in advancing to the outpost trenchline.
Strong defensive fires prevented him from exploiting this initial gain
by occupying any of the bunkers, and the attackers were forced to pull
back. After regrouping, the Chinese returned at 2100 and again were
able to secure a foothold at the main trench.
Marine artillery assisted the outpost defenders in repulsing this
new attack, but not before Chinese interdictory fires had disrupted
all communications between the COP and its MLR support company. Some
Chinese had also moved south in the vicinity of the MLR, but these
attacks were neither persistent nor heavily supported. At 2115 the last
of the enemy intruders had withdrawn from the MLR. At about this same
time, 3/7 heard Detroit request overhead VT fires, but shortly after
this the battalion again lost contact with the outpost.
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