U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 5 (of 5): Operations in West KoreaUnited States. Marine Corps
History
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
Similar recovery efforts were being made at the same time in the
3d Battalion. Two alternate routes for evacuation were in effect.
From a checkpoint located just south of the MLR in the H/3/5 sector,
casualties were taken to the Company H supply point and thence to
the battalion aid station, or else to the KSC camp from which they
were evacuated to the 1st Battalion aid station. VMO-6 and HMR-161
helicopters flew out the critically-injured to USS _Haven_ and
_Consolation_ hospital ships at Inchon Harbor and transported blood
from supply points to Medical Companies A, E, and C forward stations.
Excepting the original personnel killed or missing at Reno and Vegas,
1st Battalion forces from Companies C and F dispatched to Reno had
returned to the MLR by 0445. Vegas units, ordered to disengage later
than the Reno reinforcements, were back by 0530.
Diversionary probes by the Chinese during the night of the 26th at the
3/5 right flank outposts Berlin and East Berlin, as well as in the 1st
Marines sector, had been beaten back by the Marines. Following the
preassault fire at 1900, a CCF company had sent two platoons against
Berlin and one against satellite East Berlin, both manned by Company
G. These reinforced squad outposts, both only about 325 yards forward
of the MLR, had stymied the enemy’s attempts. Boxing fires and VT on
approach routes had forced the Chinese to retreat at 2115. Ten minutes
later Company G reported that communication, which had temporarily gone
out, had been restored. One squad dispatched by the 3d Battalion to
Berlin and a second, to East Berlin an hour later, further buttressed
the companion positions.
Action in the 1st Marines center regimental sector had also been
relatively brief. Immediately after the 1900 mortar and artillery
preparation, the Chinese in company strength attempted to penetrate
outposts Hedy, Bunker, Esther, and Dagmar. Shelling had been heaviest
at Dagmar and, shortly after 1900, two squads of Chinese began to
assault the outpost with automatic weapons and satchel charges. Machine
guns positioned on enemy Hills 44, 114, and 116 and small arms fire
from Hill 108 supported the attack. The enemy was hurled back at all
places except Dagmar where approximately 25 Chinese breached the wire
entanglement.
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