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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by Maj Earl Darlington - Deceased
Contact Info
Last Address UNIVERSAL CITY, TX
Date of Passing May 01, 2008
Location of Interment Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park - New Braunfels, Texas
Korean War/First UN Counteroffensive (1951)/Battle for Hill 902
From Month/Year
April / 1951
To Month/Year
April / 1951
Description Forces of the !st Marine Regiment and the 32nd Regiment, 7th U.S. Infantry held Hill 902 Before dawn on April 22, the North Koreans had begun staging probes, but accurate artillery fire had compelled a demoralized enemy to withdraw, leaving the defenders expecting a major assault. “The enemy was thought to be new troops,” a U.S. lieutenant recalled, “as they wore new uniforms, had fresh haircuts, new weapons, and were very young”. Before dawn the next day, “the enemy sledgehammer fell,” but effective leadership prevented the loss of Hill 902. “Scores of enemy dead littered the command post area”. Reflecting the new pattern emerging in conduct of the Korean War, “very quiet and dejected” U.S. troops executed new orders to abandon this exposed outpost.
