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Jul 1945
(Pvt) First Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, S. C. Oct 1945
(Pvt) First Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, S. C. Jan 1946
(PFC) School Company, Engineer School Battalion, Spl Trng Regt, Camp Lejeune, N. C. Oct 1946
(PFC) Headquarters, 1Stengrbn, 1Stmardiv, Fmf, C/O Fpo, San Francisco Calif 1 Oct 1946
Promoted to Corporal Jan 1947
(Cpl) Headquarters, 1Stengrbn, 1Stmardiv, Fmf, C/O Fpo, San Francisco, Calif. Apr 1947
(Cpl) "A" Company First Engineer Battlation Fifth Marines, First Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, C/O Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. (Property Sergeant) (Peiping China) Jul 1947
(Cpl)(705) Service Battalion, 1Stmarbrig, Fmf., C/O Fpo, San Francisco, Calif. (GUAM) Jan 1948
(Cpl) Headquarters And Service Battalion, 1St Provisional Marine Brigade, Fmf. (USS General Mann) Apr 1948
(Cpl)(322) Service Battalion, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia Jul 1948
(Cpl)(322) Service Battalion, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia Jan 1949
(Cpl) 3D Marines, Fmf, Fmf, Western Pacific, C/O Fpo, San Francisco, California Apr 1949
(Cpl) 3D Marines (Bein), Fleet Marine Force, C/O Fpo, San Francisco, California. Jul 1949
(Cpl) Hqs, 1Stengrbn, 1Stmardiv, Fmf, Camp J.H. Pendleton, Oceanside, California. Oct 1949
(Cpl) Service Battalion, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia. Nov 1949
(Cpl)(1161) Mb Nb Philadelphia Pa Jan 1950
(Cpl)(1161) Mb Nb Philadelphia Pa Apr 1950
(Cpl)(1161) Mb Nb Philadelphia Pa Jul 1950
(Sgt) Servco 2Dengrbn 2Dmardiv Fmf, Camp Lejeune Nc Oct 1950
(Sgt) Servco 1Stengrbn 1Stmardiv Fmf, In The Field Jan 1951
(Sgt) Serv Co 1St Engr Bn 1St Mar Div Apr 1951
(Sgt) Serv Co 1St Engr Bn 1St Mar Div 1 Jul 1951
Promoted to Staff Sergeant Jul 1951
(SSgt) Casual Company H and S Bn Mcr Dep, San Diego California (Special Training Battalion) Oct 1951
(SSgt) Service Co H and S Bn Mcrd San Diego California Jan 1952
(SSgt)(1166) Service Company H and Sbn Mcrdep, San Diego California Apr 1952
(SSgt) Service Co H-S Bn Mcrd San Diego California, Camp J H Pendleton Jul 1952
(SSgt) Maintco Servbn Mb Camp Pendleton, Camp Pendleton Calif Oct 1952
(SSgt) Hqco Coldweather Bn Bridgeport, CA - Pickel Meadows Toiyabe Mational Forest Area Jan 1953
(SSgt)(1129) Service Co Cold Weather Bn Mb Camp Pendleton Calif Apr 1953
(SSgt)(1129) Casuals Gencascorec and Casbn Mb Campen, Camp Pendleton California 29 Apr 1953
Honorable Discharge
Other Comments:
Published in The Huntsville Times on Nov. 20, 2016
April 18, 1928 - Nov. 16, 2016, Harold Earl Henneman-age 88, of Lenoir City, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016. He was a Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps and served in WWII and the Korean War. Harold worked for many years in the paper industry and was a loving husband and father. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 61 years, Gloria Elaine and their son, Harold Earl Henneman II. Harold is survived by daughters, Heidi (Rick) Moseley, of Arab AL, Holly (David) Pate, of Lenoir City, TN, Heather Creason, of Sweetwater, TN, Harriet (Scott) Howard, of Huntsville, AL, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A Memorial Service was held at Church of the Resurrection, Episcopal in Loudon, on Saturday, November 19, 2016. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pat Summitt Foundation (Fund of East TN for Alzheimers), 625 Market Street, Suite 1400, Knoxville, TN 37902.
Korean War/UN Offensive (1950)
From Month/Year
September / 1950
To Month/Year
November / 1950
Description MacArthur planned an amphibious landing at Inch' on, a port of the Yellow Sea 25 miles west of Seoul, to be followed by an advance to recapture the city and block North Korean troop movements and supply routes there. Concurrently the Eighth Army was to break out of the Pusan Perimeter and move northward, driving the North Koreans into the Inch'on landing forces which would be driving south. Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond, commander of the newly activated X Corps, was to be in command of the invasion troops.
Early on 15 September a Marine battalion of the let Marine Division (which had loaded in Japan for the Inch'on Landing), covered by strong air strikes and naval gunfire, quickly captured Wolmi Island, just offshore from Inch'on. By afternoon, Marine assault waves rode the high tide into the port itself (UN Offensive-16 September to 2 November 1950). The remainder of the 1st Marine Division disembarked and pressed toward Kimpo Airfield, the Han River, and Seoul. The 7th Infantry Division came ashore; some elements turned southeastward toward Suwon, south of Seoul, while the remainder of the division joined the Marines in the advance toward Seoul. Kimpo Airfield was captured by the 18th, and put in use by the cargo-carrying planes of the Far East Air Forces to augment the stream of supplies being landed by the Navy at Inch'on. The 187th RCT was flown into Kimpo Airfield to strengthen U.N. defenses in that area. After heavy fighting between advancing U.N. forces and the determined North Korean forces, which had resolved to fight for Seoul street by street, MacArthur announced on 26 September that the city was again in friendly hands; but fighting continued there for several days. On 29 September MacArthur returned Seoul to President Rhee in a ceremony held in the blackened capitol building.
The Eighth Army began its offensive northward on 16 September. The ROK I and II Corps were in position on the north side of the perimeter. The U.S. I Corps, composed to the 1st Cavalry Division, the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade, the 24th Division, and the 1st ROK Division, was on the Taegu front. The remainder of the Eighth Army, positioned along the Naktong, included the U.S. 2d and 25th Divisions and attached ROK units. Progress was limited at first, but as the portent of the converging attacks became clear to the North Koreans, they fled north with heavy losses in men and materiel. Elements of the 7th Division (X Corps) and the 1st Cavalry Division (Eighth Army) made contact late on 26 September just south of Suwon, thus effecting a juncture of U.N. forces. Organized enemy resistance continued in the Eighth Army sector until the last days of September. Although large numbers of enemy troops escaped through the eastern mountains, more than 100,000 prisoners were captured during this period; by 30 September the North Korean Army had ceased to exist as an organized force below the 38th parallel. However, remnants of the army, fighting as guerrillas, continued to pose a considerable threat to the security of the U.N. forces.
During the latter part of September the Eighth Army was reinforced by a battalion each of Philippine and Australian troops. Early in October the U.S. 3d Division arrived in the Far East.
Meanwhile Walker's ROK I Corps crossed the 38th parallel on 1 October 1950 and advanced up the east coast, capturing Wonsan, North Korea's major seaport, on 10 October. The R0K II Corps also crossed the parallel and advanced northward through central Korea. In the west, Walker's remaining forces relieved the X Corps in the Seoul area and crossed the parallel on 9 October toward P'yongyang. By mid-October the U.N. forces had penetrated about 20 miles into North Korean territory.
In the second half of October 1950 the advance quickened as enemy resistance weakened and thousands of enemy troops surrendered. U.N. objectives were the destruction of the remaining Communist divisions and the capture of important North Korean cities. ROK troops spread through central and east Korea. Some turned north toward the industrial area centering around Hamhung and Hungnam, others west along the Wonsan-P'yongyang road. In the west the 1st Cavalry Division, after fighting through pill box defenses at Kumch'on, a few miles north of the parallel, progressed up the Seoul-P'yongyang railroad. The 24th Division drove to the south bank of the Taedong River in the vicinity of Chinnamp'o, the port for P'yongyang. The 1st Cavalry and 1st ROK Divisions entered P'yongyang on 19 October and secured the city in the next forty-eight hours. On 20 October the 187th Airborne RCT, complete with vehicles and howitzers, dropped on Sukch'on and Sunch'on, about 30 miles above the city of P'yongyang, to trap North Koreans fleeing northward. In northwest Korea a ROK regiment, leading the advance of the Eighth Army, entered the town of Ch'osan on 26 October, thereby becoming the first U.N. element to reach the Yalu River. Farther south additional U.N. forces crossed the Ch'ongch'on River at Sinanju and pushed toward the Manchurian border. For all practical purposes the North Korean Army had dissolved by the last week in October, and had melted away in the mountains adjacent to Manchuria and the Soviet Union.
Meanwhile Almond's X Corps had been withdrawn from combat and prepared for amphibious landings on the east coast of Korea. Since the rapid advance of ROK ground units and the fall of Wonsan made a combat landing there unnecessary, the 1st Marine Division carried out an administrative landing at Wonsan on 26 October, despite the heavily mined harbor which caused a long delay in unloading. On 29 October the 7th Division landed unopposed at Iwon, 80 miles farther north.
General Almond, adding the ROK I Corps to his command, set out to capture the industrial and communications areas, the port installations, and the power and irrigation plants of northeastern Korea. The ROK I Corps moved up the coastline toward Ch'ongjin, 120 miles north of Iwon. The 1st Marine Division moved 50 miles north of Hamhung and its port of Hungnam, then turned inland toward the Changjin (Chosin) Reservoir, 45 miles to the northwest. Elements of the 7th Division attacked northwestward toward the Pujon Reservoir and the Yalu River.
