Evening star., 1950-08-08
Korea
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two regiments near Changnyong
two American Mustangs joined
the attack and strafed the Amer
leans by mistake, hitting 10 of
them.
Col. Charles e. Beauchamp, COM
manding the 34th Infantry Regi-
ment, ordered the Reds cleaned
out and said their destruction
would mean the lend of the 4th
Division as an enemy force"
The Changnyong move had been
against the weakened United
States 25th Infantry Division. Its
oath Regiment of Negro troops
had been diverted to support the
southern thrust by Marines and
the United States 5th Regimental
Combat Team. This forced the
United States 1st Cavalry Division
to extend its line southwark Az
miles along the Naktong.
Battle Up Ridge.
o. H. P. King, Associated Press
correspondent, reported that fresh
American reinforcements, counter
attacking the North Korean
bridgehead across the Naktong
River southwest of Changnyong,
had fought halfway up an i'm
'portant ridge by $40 pm. (4:20
am. EDIT.
They were meeting stiff Red re-
sistance.
Maj. Gen. John E. Church, oath
Division commander, had ordered
the bridgehead cleaned out by
dark. sra
But at8:45 pm. &C ;45ia.m. EDIT
he acknowledged the bridgehead
could not be cleaned out last
night.
Remnants of two Red Korean
divisions were fighting in this
area. Gen. Church insisted they
would be wiped out today. He
said American troops would keep
a close watch on the river to
prevent Red reinforcements from
crossing.
The Americans advanced more
than /. mile from their jumping
off point. Red mortar and small
arms fire was intense.
The attack was miles west of
Changnyong. The reinforcements
made contact with a company of
the 34th Regiment already in po-
Sition on the hill.
Americans Driven Back.
AS the doughboys swept for
ward, the American F-51 Mus
tangs strafed them by mistake.
The Korean Reds, seizing the
opportunity, drove back the Amer
lean assault and gained some
ground. The Americans reformed
quickly and returned to the battle
area.
Despite the straf1ng by their
own planes, infantrymen agreed
the fighter -bombers had done "a
tremendous job" all day in the
target area.
Americans who had been in the
fight for three full days were suf-
fering from heat exhaustion.
Marines Rescue Troops.
In the extreme south the Ma
rines scaled valley walls and
fought over rugged hilltops to
rescue the 5th Regimental unit
from the f1anking attack.
The action was at Chindong, IL
miles east of Chinju, where the
southern Allied forces pulled up
yesterday after kicking off on
their first offensive of the war.
The fighting in the American
offensive was intense. American
field vehicles rolled over a Red
roadblock that had stalled Aston
General Pershing tanks after one
had been knocked out.
The rescued men were able to
rejoin their battalion after the
Marines struck and the southern
attack rolled on over new ground.
Across the Korean peninsula
American naval flrepower grew
bigger and bolder. Five American
Warships led by a heavy cruiser
made their northernmoSt thrust
last night to lombard Tanchon, a
rail center 125 miles north of the
38th parallel.
This thrust far into enemy wa
ters brought big naval guns into
a battle zone previously harassed
and pounded by American bomb
erS.
InchOn Bombarded.
Along the west coast British,