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
While this rescue effort was in progress, another similar action was
under way. Not long after its arrival on the MLR, Company E, 2/5 had
spotted in the No-Man’s-Land between the two main defensive lines a
figure that appeared to be the body of a Marine. Since one man had been
reported missing from an earlier 1st Marines patrol, recovery of the
body, which had been propped up against a mound of dirt in the open,
was undertaken. A special Company E patrol left the main line shortly
before dawn on the 22d and reached the recovery area at daybreak. After
artillery had laid down smoke, the patrol moved in, quickly recovered
the body, and set out for friendly territory. Before the Marines had
advanced very far on their return trip, the Chinese interdicted their
route with heavy mortar fire, which killed one member of the patrol and
wounded another. When the 5th Marines patrol returned to JAMESTOWN
shortly after 0700, it carried not only the body it had recovered but
also that of the Marine who had been killed on the recovery mission.
By the end of June, major command changes had taken place within the
1st Marine Division as well as in several other UNC components. On
13 June, Brigadier General Robert O. Bare took over the second spot
from Brigadier General Twining. Both ADCs were graduates of the Naval
Academy and both were native mid-Westerners (General Bare--Iowa,
General Twining--Wisconsin). Before joining the 1st Marine Division in
Korea General Bare had served at Camp Pendleton, California where most
recently he had been commanding general of the Training and Replacement
Command. His World War II experience included participation in both
European and Pacific campaigns. He was the Staff Officer, Plans,
in the U.S. Naval Section for the Allied naval group that planned
the amphibious assault at Normandy, France. Later he served in the
Peleliu and Okinawa campaigns and, with the ending of hostilities, had
participated in the surrender and repatriation of the Japanese in north
China.
The outgoing ADC, General Twining, was being reassigned to the Office
of the Commandant, HQMC. For his outstanding service as assistant
division commander from March through May 1952, he received a Gold Star
in lieu of his second Legion of Merit with Combat “V.”
Other high-level changes in command that had also recently taken place
had included the UNC commander himself, General Ridgway, who had been
succeeded in mid-May by General Clark. Major General Glenn O. Barcus,
USAF, had assumed command of Fifth Air Force, replacing Lieutenant
General Everest on 30 May. On 4 June, Vice Admiral Robert P. Briscoe
had been named the new Commander, Naval Forces Far East to succeed Vice
Admiral C. Turner Joy who had held the position since August 1949. And
in I Corps, Major General Paul W. Kendall, USA, took over as corps
commander on 29 June from Lieutenant General O’Daniel.
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