American Legion Past Commander Post 447 Wyandotte, MI
Korean War/Korea, Summer-Fall (1952)/Operation Counter
From Month/Year
June / 1952
To Month/Year
June / 1952
Description Operation COUNTER began on 6 June. By the 7th, ten of the eleven objectives had been taken. The last one (Hi11 191, eight miles west of Ch'orwon) was captured after a 48-hour battle on 14 June. The Chinese immediately launched counterattacks along the entire division front, climaxing their efforts on the night of 28-29 June with an unsuccessful 4-hour attack. The division sustained over 1,000 casualties during the month of June; Chinese losses were estimated at more than 5,000.
