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OCR Page 1 of 10The President
Washington, D.C.
7 September 1950
1
JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 72
(maps attached)
From 0800/06 (EDT) to 0800/07 (EDT)
From 2200/06 (KT) to 2200/07 (KT)
1. Situation in Brief:
GROUND
In the southern sector, the enemy opened heavy artillery and
m: tar fire along the entire front shortly after midnight on 6 September,
followed by dawn attacks against the 25th and 2d U.S. Infantry Divisions.
Slight gains were made in the 24th U.S. RCT area. The 35th, 5th, 9th, and
38th U.S. RCT's repulsed enemy attacks and generally held firm. The 38th
RCT made slight gains in a limited objective attack. The 1st U.S. Cavalry
Division repulsed continual enemy attacks with no loss of position. In the
northern and eastern sectors, an enemy roadblock 5 miles southeast of
Yongchon was cleared; the 3d and 17th ROK Regiments repulsed heavy
attacks south of Angang after losing some ground. The situation in the
eastern sector remains fluid, with the 24th U.S. Infantry Division preparing
to counterattack. (FECOM) (SECRET)
NAVY
East coast patrol ships harassed enemy troop concentrations be-
hind the front lines and fired on enemy troops in the Pohang area. SWEN-
SON furnished call fire on the south coast in close support of ground troops
and interdiction. Planes from BADOENG STRAIT struck rolling stock,
bridges, tunnels, and other ground targets in west-central Korea. (FECOM)
(SECRET)
AIR
In the heaviest tactical air assault of the Korean conflict, FEAF
aircraft on 6 September flew 620 sorties of which 144 were combat. During
the night of 6-7 September, 27 intruder sorties were flown. On 7 September,
40 B-29's were dispatched, 24 bombing the Japan Iron Works at Chongjin,
7 visually attacking the Sinanju marshaling yards, and 9 bombing bridges
in central Korea. (FEAF) (SECRET)
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979
By NLT- HL
NARS,
2/14/81
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