Fifty years ago this week, U.N. forces conducted a strategic withdrawal from northwest Korea. Ships began to load men and supplies.
Chinese patrols test the perimeter defenses with light, probing attacks.
The U.N. General Assembly, meeting in Flushing, N.Y., passes a resolution asking Red China to negotiate with the United Nations on a cease fire. The First Marine Division completes loading men and equipment onto ships at Hungnam and sets sail for Pusan. The Army orders the National Guard's 31st Infantry Division from Alabama and Mississippi and the 47th Infantry Division from Minnesota and North Dakota to active duty by Jan. 16. The 31st ID is the best manned of the nation's 27 Guard divisions with 12,000 soldiers. The 47th has 9,000 soldiers.