First Action at Jinju KW (id:#66370)

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Jinju, South Korea 1949-10-27 (0 others)

Overview:

In late August, Major General Choi Byung Deok, ROK Army Chief of Staff, requested support from the newly formed Korean Marine Corps to protect the city of Jinju from Communist Guerrillas operating in the rugged terrain surrounding Mount Chiri to the north. These guerrillas were former South Korean soldiers of the 14th Regiment that had rebelled over the new ROK government's handling of the Jeju Island uprising a year earlier. Colonel Shin Hyun Joon, the Marine Commandant, dispatched nearly the entire KMC as a task force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Kim Seung Un. Kun established his command post on 29 August in the dormitory of the Jinju Normal School, and his Marines began patrolling the surrounding countryside the next day. For two months, the guerrillas avoided these patrols before finally breaking their silence in the early hours of 27 October, when approximately 70 guerrillas attacked the Marine camp in Jinju.

Defender: South Korean (Korean Marine Corps Task Force)  

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